I am not nearly as concerned about super intelligence enslaving humanity as I am around people using the technology to do harm.
DIRECTOR OF THE PERSONAL ROBOTS GROUP, MIT MEDIA LABORATORY FOUNDER, JIBO, INC.
Cynthia Breazeal is the Director of the Personal Robotics Group at the MIT Media Lab, as well as the founder of Jibo, Inc. She is a pioneer of social robotics and human-robot interaction. In 2000 she designed Kismet, the world’s first social robot, as part of her doctoral research at MIT. Jibo was featured on the cover of TIME magazine, recognized as Best Inventions 2017. At the Media Lab, she has developed a variety of technologies focused on human-machine social interaction, including the development of new algorithms, understanding the psychology of human-robot interaction, as well as new social robot designs for applications in early childhood learning, home AI and personal robots, aging, healthcare and wellness, and more.
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