The Interview - Founder of Affective Computing, MIT - Rosalind Picard

Founder of Affective Computing, MIT - Rosalind Picard

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Imagine a world where robots can think and feel like humans - Hardtalk speaks to pioneering American scientist Professor Rosalind Picard, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who has advanced the capability of computers to recognise human emotions. In the future, could robots fitted with intelligent computers perform tasks such as caring for the elderly, or fight as soldiers on the battlefield and, if so, what are the ethical implications?


Published on Friday, 25th October 2013.

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