Remarkable science: Exploring our AI and robot-supported future
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Life with robots once seemed possible only in science fiction.
But today, scientific advances in artificial intelligence and robotics have ensured that robots are a part of our everyday lives.
On May 13, the Day of AI, we brought together a panel of experts to talk about the future of AI and robots.
This is the first installment of our series Remarkable Science -- featuring conversations with scientists about their discoveries, recorded in front of an audience at WBUR’s CitySpace venue.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Magna Chakrabardi, and this is the first in an occasional series of podcast |
| 0:07.8 | only episodes from On Point that we're calling Remarkable Science, featuring conversations |
| 0:13.1 | with scientists about their work recorded in front of a live audience at WBUR City Space |
| 0:18.0 | venue in Boston. |
| 0:20.1 | This time, our future with AI and robots. |
| 0:24.2 | And joining me on stage were Daniela Rus, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer |
| 0:28.2 | Science and Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT. |
| 0:34.2 | Justin Wurfel was also with us. |
| 0:35.8 | He's a senior research fellow at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and |
| 0:40.4 | head of the Designing Emergence Laboratory and Merit Moore, a quantum physicist and professional |
| 0:47.3 | ballerina. |
| 0:48.7 | Enjoy the show. |
| 0:51.7 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:55.5 | I wanted to just say that we were talking about movies before we came out here. |
| 1:03.2 | So my first question actually to all of you is a simple one and is a lightning round |
| 1:08.4 | question, okay? |
| 1:10.4 | Star Wars or Star Trek? |
| 1:12.6 | Oh, okay. |
| 1:15.4 | Star Wars. |
| 1:16.4 | I'm a Star Wars, too. |
| 1:18.4 | Oh my god, I'm the only Star Trek person up here that really surprised me. |
| 1:22.3 | No, no, I said both. |
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