#4 - Can Robots Learn? TIME 100 Prof. Benjamin Rosman on AI, Robotics & Intelligence

🤖 Can Robots Learn How to Learn?

“If we could have infinite intelligence, what would we do with it?” — Prof. Benjamin Rosman

In this episode, Samraj Matharu speaks with Prof. Benjamin Rosman – who is one of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in AI 2025, Google-award winning, Professor of Machine Learning & Robotics at the University of Witwatersrand, and Director of the RAIL Lab.

Benjamin shares his journey from robotics into AI research and explains how his lab is pioneering agents that can learn how to learn. Together, we explore curiosity-driven learning, multi-agent systems, and the future of general intelligence. This conversation is essential for anyone interested in the philosophy of intelligence, building adaptive robots, and the long-term implications of AI.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS (46:20)