Simone Giertz

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I built a Westworld robot and it's HORRIFIC

Published on Apr 19, 2018

HBO asked if I wanted to do a sponsored Westworld video and I was like sure. And did I use it as an excuse to audition to get on the show?

I built an animatronic version of myself to show off my robot building skills. If I’m SimOne, she’s SimTwo. She now lives in my garage. We’re on good terms.

Westworld Season 2 premieres on HBO on April 22! There’s still enough time to binge watch season 1, especially if you’re comfortable with peeing in jars and sleeping with your eyes open. Not that I’m speaking from experience.

 

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Why you should make useless things | Simone Giertz

Published on May 9, 2018

In this joyful, heartfelt talk featuring demos of her wonderfully wacky creations, Simone Giertz shares her craft: making useless robots. Her inventions -- designed to chop vegetables, cut hair, apply lipstick and more -- rarely (if ever) succeed, and that's the point. "The true beauty of making useless things [is] this acknowledgment that you don't always know what the best answer is," Giertz says. "It turns off that voice in your head that tells you that you know exactly how the world works. Maybe a toothbrush helmet isn't the answer, but at least you're asking the question."

 

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Article "Life After a Brain Tumor With Simone Giertz, the Queen of Shitty Robots"
For years, Giertz’s robo-fails have made us laugh. Now she wants to build something that will actually help people.

by Ali Jaffe
January 14 2019,

 

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Making Sh** with Simone Giertz

Oct 4, 2019

Simone Giertz has amassed a major YouTube following courtesy of her “sh*** robots” and other highly entertaining projects. She’ll join us to discuss her work and show off her crowdfunded Every Day Calendar project.

 

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Simone Giertz: Queen of Sh*tty Robots, Innovative Engineering, and Design | Lex Fridman Podcast #372

Apr 16, 2023

Outlone:

0:00 - Introduction
2:06 - Early creations
18:58 - Sh*tty Robots
33:56 - Robots and human connection
36:11 - Dating AI
39:30 - Proud parent machine
41:21 - Creative process
42:47 - Bubble wrap music box
48:09 - Education
53:43 - Difficult projects
55:13 - TED talk
1:01:29 - Brain tumor
1:10:07 - Fear of death
1:14:31 - Mass production
1:29:56 - Truckla
1:34:46 - Weapons
1:38:45 - Consciousness
1:40:49 - MMA
1:44:53 - China, Kenya, and USA
1:49:45 - Advice for young people
1:53:38 - Meaning of life

 

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Article "Why Simone Giertz, the Queen of Useless Robots, Got Serious"
She went from YouTube stunts to commercial products

by Stephen Cass
October 22, 2024