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Lex Fridman
Kate Darling, a researcher at MIT and Harvard specializing in robot ethics, explores the complex intersection of technology and society through her work on social robotics. She argues that while current robots lack true consciousness or feelings comparable to insects, humans subconsciously treat the …
Lex Fridman
In this episode of the Lex Fridman Podcast, researcher Kate Darling explores the definition and future of robots through a historical lens involving animals. She argues that defining robots strictly by their resemblance to humans—specifically in humanoid form—is counterproductive because it creates …