Emerging Technologies

A glimpse into the future of autonomous systems

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Rigas Hadzilacos
Mary Cummings
Director, Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center, George Mason University

How close are we to having completely autonomous systems? How will autonomous vehicles and drones integrate in our lives? Will we allow "killer robots" to be developed?

In this week’s interview, we talk to Mary "Missy" Cummings, Director of the Humans and Autonomy Lab at Duke University. Missy is also co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Council on the Future of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.

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