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Ayanna Howard: Human-Robot Interaction and Ethics of Safety-Critical Systems

Ayanna Howard: Human-Robot Interaction and Ethics of Safety-Critical Systems

Lex Fridman Podcast
Jan 17, 2020 1h 40m
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<p>Ayanna Howard is a roboticist and professor at Georgia Tech, director of Human-Automation Systems lab, with research interests in human-robot interaction, assistive robots in the home, therapy gaming apps, and remote robotic exploration of extreme environments.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast.</span>&#160;If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to <a href="https://lexfridman.com/ai">https://lexfridman.com/ai</a> or connect with @lexfridman on <a href="https://twitter.com/lexfridman">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman/">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/@lexfridman">Medium</a>, or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/lexfridman">YouTube</a> where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/artificial-intelligence/id1434243584">Apple Podcasts</a>, follow on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL">Spotify</a>, or support it on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman">Patreon</a>.</p> <p>This episode is presented by Cash App. Download it (<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cash-app/id711923939">App Store</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.squareup.cash&#38;hl=en_US">Google Play</a>), use code &#8220;LexPodcast&#8221;.&#160;</p> <p>Here&#8217;s the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.</p> <p>00:00 &#8211; Introduction<br /> 02:09 &#8211; Favorite robot<br /> 05:05 &#8211; Autonomous vehicles<br /> 08:43 &#8211; Tesla Autopilot<br /> 20:03 &#8211; Ethical responsibility of safety-critical algorithms<br /> 28:11 &#8211; Bias in robotics<br /> 38:20 &#8211; AI in politics and law<br /> 40:35 &#8211; Solutions to bias in algorithms<br /> 47:44 &#8211; HAL 9000<br /> 49:57 &#8211; Memories from working at NASA<br /> 51:53 &#8211; SpotMini and Bionic Woman<br /> 54:27 &#8211; Future of robots in space<br /> 57:11 &#8211; Human-robot interaction<br /> 1:02:38 &#8211; Trust<br /> 1:09:26 &#8211; AI in education<br /> 1:15:06 &#8211; Andrew Yang, automation, and job loss<br /> 1:17:17 &#8211; Love, AI, and the movie Her<br /> 1:25:01 &#8211; Why do so many robotics companies fail?<br /> 1:32:22 &#8211; Fear of robots<br /> 1:34:17 &#8211; Existential threats of AI<br /> 1:35:57 &#8211; Matrix<br /> 1:37:37 &#8211; Hang out for a day with a robot</p>

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