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ROBOTICS AND AI

AI: Blurring the
Boundaries between
Humans and
Machines

Dr Rodney Brooks, Prof. Henrik Schaerfe, Dr Oren Etzioni

The term ‘artificial intelligence’ robotics, people who are making the
(AI) was first coined by the difference both in the business and
American computer scientist personal world.
John McCarthy in 1955. He believed
that “every aspect of learning or any Dr Rodney Brooks is a distinguished,
other feature of intelligence can in Stanford-educated, former MIT
principle be so precisely described Professor of Robotics. Rodney builds
that a machine can be made to robots based on biological principles
simulate it.” Software developers are of movement and reasoning. The
still attempting to achieve his goal. goal: a robot who can figure things
out. He is the founder and CTO of
However, from SIRI to self-driving Rethink Robotics, whose mission is to
cars, artificial intelligence (AI) is apply advanced robotic intelligence
progressing rapidly. While science to manufacturing and physical labour.
fiction often portrays AI as robots with He has extensive knowledge of
human-like characteristics, AI can automatons and has insights to the
encompass anything from Google’s world’s most innovative and promising
search algorithms to IBM’s Watson to robotics projects. He promotes
autonomous weapons. the value of robotics and artificial
intelligence around the world.
There are a number of individuals
specialising in various areas of
technology, from those such as Stefan
Hyttfors, who focus on disruptive
technologies and next generation
leadership, to Aric Dromi, the Chief
Futurologist at Volvo Group.

We focus here on three of the most
ground-breaking minds involved in

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