How AI will step off the screen and into the real world | Daniela Rus

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🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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The convergence of AI and robotics will unlock a wonderful new world of possibilities in everyday life, says robotics and AI pioneer Daniela Rus. Diving into the way machines think, she reveals how "liquid networks" — a revolutionary class of AI that mimics the neural processes of simple organisms — could help intelligent machines process information more efficiently and give rise to "physical intelligence" that will enable AI to operate beyond digital confines and engage dynamically in the real world.

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0:06.0	You're listening to Ted Talks Daily. I'm your host, Elise Hugh. We are on the ground at the
0:17.2	TED2024 conference and one topic has dominated our time here.
0:23.9	AI and robotics pioneer Daniela Roos
0:26.5	is one of the people doing really visionary stuff
0:29.1	in this space by bringing AI systems
0:32.0	to physical objects and taking her inspiration from nature.
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1:17.8	When I was a student studying robotics,
1:20.1	a group of us decided to make a present for our professor's birthday.
1:24.8	We wanted to program our robots to cut a slice of cake for him.
1:30.0	We pulled an all-nighter writing the software,
1:33.2	and the next day, disaster.
1:36.0	We programmed this robot to caught a soft round sponge cake,
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