Kate Darling

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Projects:

Book "The New Breed: How to Think About Robots", Kate Darling, 2021

 

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ROBOTS14 - Kate Darling

Published on Jun 24, 2014

 

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Kate Darling (Robotics researcher at MIT) at WebTomorrow 2015, Ghent, Belgium

Published on Mar 26, 2015

Science fiction or reality? Near-term ethical, legal, and societal issues in robotics.
Kate Darling (US) - MIT Media Lab - Research Specialist
Robots are entering new areas of our world. Some near-future robotic technology is designed to interact with humans on a social level. What does this mean for responsibility, privacy, and our social interactions? Studies are beginning to show that we perceive robots differently than other objects. As more and more robotic companions enter into our lives and homes, our inclination to project life-like qualities onto robots could have some societal implications.

 

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AI and Public Perception | Kate Darling | Ai Now 2017

Published on Jul 25, 2017

Lightning talk given at the AI Now 2017 Experts Workshop on the theme of Ethics & Governance.

In this talk, Kate Darling discusses the governance challenge of dealing with preconceived and flawed notions of what the technology is and is capable of, which can lead to a misalignment of trust, accountability, etc.

AI Now 2017 Experts Workshop - July 10, 2017

 

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Kate Darling: Emotional Connection Between Humans and Robots | AI Podcast #98 with Lex Fridman

May 23, 2020

Kate Darling is a researcher at MIT, interested in social robotics, robot ethics, and generally how technology intersects with society. She explores the emotional connection between human beings and life-like machines, which for me, is one of the most exciting topics in all of artificial intelligence. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast.

Outline:
0:00 - Introduction
3:31 - Robot ethics
4:36 - Universal Basic Income
6:31 - Mistreating robots
17:17 - Robots teaching us about ourselves
20:27 - Intimate connection with robots
24:29 - Trolley problem and making difficult moral decisions
31:59 - Anthropomorphism
38:09 - Favorite robot
41:19 - Sophia
42:46 - Designing robots for human connection
47:01 - Why is it so hard to build a personal robotics company?
50:03 - Is it possible to fall in love with a robot?
56:39 - Robots displaying consciousness and mortality
58:33 - Manipulation of emotion by companies
1:04:40 - Intellectual property
1:09:23 - Lessons for robotics from parenthood
1:10:41 - Hope for future of robotics

 

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Kate Darling: Social Robots, Ethics, Privacy and the Future of MIT | Lex Fridman Podcast #329

Oct 15, 2022

Kate Darling is a researcher at MIT Media Lab interested in human robot interaction and robot ethics.

Outline:

0:00 - Introduction
1:46 - What is a robot?
17:47 - Metaverse
27:09 - Bias in robots
40:51 - Modern robotics
43:24 - Automation
47:46 - Autonomous driving
56:11 - Privacy
59:37 - Google's LaMDA
1:04:24 - Robot animal analogy
1:17:28 - Data concerns
1:35:30 - Humanoid robots
1:54:31 - LuLaRobot
2:03:25 - Ethics in robotics
2:18:46 - Jeffrey Epstein
2:52:21 - Love and relationships