The ultimate engineering challenge - to build a machine that can build something else, that is what Professor Hod Lipson is after.  He describes roboticists as reincarnations of ancient alchemists who are working to breathe life into matter, exploring self-awareness, and participating in a quest to understand what it means to be human. 

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— Guest: Hod Lipson — 

Hod Lipson is a Columbia University professor, author and entrepreneur who works in the areas of robotics and artificial intelligence.

Creative Machines LabTED Talk: Building self-aware robotsAward winning book “Fabricated” on 3D Printing, and “Driverless” on Autonomous cars

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Merging the world of creativity and imagination with robotics and AICurious About Consciousness? Ask the Self-Aware MachinesDo You Trust This Computer?Why robots are being trained in self-awareness

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