#329 Kate Darling: Social Robots, Ethics, Privacy and the Future of MIT

Published: Oct. 15, 2022, 7:33 p.m.

Kate Darling is a researcher at MIT Media Lab interested in human robot interaction and robot ethics. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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\nOUTLINE:
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\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(07:57) - What is a robot?
\n(23:57) - Metaverse
\n(33:19) - Bias in robots
\n(47:02) - Modern robotics
\n(49:34) - Automation
\n(53:57) - Autonomous driving
\n(1:02:22) - Privacy
\n(1:05:48) - Google's LaMDA
\n(1:10:35) - Robot animal analogy
\n(1:23:38) - Data concerns
\n(1:41:40) - Humanoid robots
\n(2:00:42) - LuLaRobot
\n(2:09:36) - Ethics in robotics
\n(2:24:57) - Jeffrey Epstein
\n(2:58:31) - Love and relationships