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Episode 539

The future of robotics with MIT’s Daniela Rus

March 8, 2021
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Daniela Rus

Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT
Daniela Rus is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science and the director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT. She is immersed in robotics, artificial intelligence, and data science, and her research is focused on enabling a future in which machines are pervasively integrated into the fabric of life and support people with cognitive and physical tasks.

Episode Overview

539: Daniela Rus, the director of MIT CSAIL, imagines a future where robots are so integrated in the fabric of human life that they become as common as smart phones are today. In this interview, we discuss some of the many examples in which robotics and AI have been used in new ways during the pandemic, why AI is most effective when people and machines work together, and some of the ways AI will positively impact our lives in the future. We also discuss why we should think of AI as interns and humans as the ones who make the important decisions, the state of autonomous vehicles and the work Daniela’s team is doing in that field, among a variety of other topics. 

“"These AI systems are not so magical. They are not going to solve all of our problems, and they are not going to take down the world.""

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