A glimpse into the future of robots, society and employment

May 2, 2017

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Illah Nourbakhsh

Professor, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

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How far are we in developing intelligent robots that can live and operate safely among us? Will automation take our jobs, or help us do our jobs better? How do we design machines that can follow our ethical and moral codes?

In this week’s episode of A Glimpse into the Future, we talk to Illah Nourbakhsh, Professor of Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University and member of the World Economic Forum’s Council on the Future of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.

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