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Livestream: Rodney Brooks, Abhinav Gupta, Andrew McAfee on AI and the rise of robots
Livestream of the Council of Foreign Relations’ Malcolm and Carolyn Wiener Annual Lecture on Science and Technology starting 02/27/2015 at 12:45 EST.
The Malcolm and Carolyn Wiener Annual Lecture on Science and Technology addresses issues at the intersection of science, technology, and foreign policy. In this lecture, experts discuss artificial intelligence and robot technology, and their economic impact on industry and society over the next decade.
Speakers:
- Rodney Brooks, Panasonic Professor of Robotics (Emeritus), Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Founder, Chairman, and Chief Technology Officer, Rethink Robotics
- Abhinav Gupta, Assistant Research Professor, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
- Andrew McAfee, Principal Research Scientist and Cofounder, Initiative on the Digital Economy, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Presider:
- Nicholas Thompson, Editor, NewYorker.com
tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, c-Events, cx-Politics-Law-Society, Rodney Brooks, video
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