Robots and the People Who Love Them
The Michael Shermer Show
English - April 09, 2024 17:45 - 1 hour - 58.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 361 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Education dialogue michaelshermer reason skeptic Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Shermer and Herold discuss: social robots, sex robots, robot nannies, robot therapists • flying cars, jetpacks and The Jetsons • Masahiro Mori • emotions, animism, mind • emotional intelligence • artificial intelligence • large language lodels • ChatGPT, GPT-4, GPT-5 and beyond • the alignment problem • robopocalypse • robo soldiers • robot sentience • autonomous vehicles • AI value systems, and their legal and ethical status.
Eve Herold is an award-winning science writer. She has written extensively about issues at the crossroads of science and society, including stem cell research and regenerative medicine, aging and longevity, medical implants, transhumanism, and robotics and AI.