The Rise of the Robots
3. Where Is My Mind?
Clips from this programme
Introduction (Adam Rutherford ): Sci-Fi robots: Marvin (Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy), Pepper, Kryten, Bladerunner replicants, Ex Machina (Ava) (Murray Sanahan): Artificial Intelligence (AI), Mind, Consciousness
Duration: 01:48
Ex Machina's Sci-Fi Robot (Ava) (Professor of Cognitive Robotics, Murray Sanahan from Imperial College, London) (Wittgenstein): Artificial Intelligence (AI), Mind, Consciousness
Duration: 04:31
Replicating the Human Mind: Ex Machina's Sci-Fi Robot (Ava) Blue Book source vs human connections of billions of neurons. Bristol Robotic Lab, Robot Elsie from 1951 with a simple 2 cell nervous system : Simple artificial life (Professor Alan Winfield)
Duration: 03:34
Robots and the cognitive Mind: University of Sheffield (Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Tony Prescott), MiRo & Theory of the brain
Duration: 02:04
Robots & Artificial Intelligence (AI): Game Playing: War Games, Chess (Maniac & Deep Blue), Poker, Dungeons and Dragon , Go (Google's Deep Mind): AI learning from a large amount of data to succeed. Artificial General Intelligence
Duration: 04:33
Robots & Artificial Intelligence (AI): Artificial General Intelligence better than human intelligence (Terminator), Updating Isaac Asimov Rules of Robotics / AI (23 principles) Safe & secure, shared prosperity with humans, autonomous weapon (Beth Singler)
Duration: 02:25
Robots & Artificial Intelligence (AI): Consciousness & the nature of the Human Mind: Fear of Artificial Intelligence (AI) beyond our control (Anil Seth, Professor of Cognitive & Computational Neuroscience, University of Sussex), artificial Consciousness and Awareness. Smart Machines (Bladerunner, The Turing Test, The Voight-Kampff Test of intelligence / emotional reactivity)
Duration: 07:47
Summary of Series: Humans, Robots, Artificial Intelligence (AI). Robot perfection without putting us out of our jobs
Duration: 01:00The Rise of the Robots
1. The Role of Robots in Societies
First broadcast: 7th February 2017
Duration 27:50
The idea of robots goes back to the Ancient Greeks. In myths Hephaestus, the god of fire, created robots to assist in his workshop. In the medieval period the wealthy showed off their automata. In France in the 15th century a Duke of Burgundy had his chateau filled with automata that played practical tricks on his guests, such as spraying water at them. By the 18th century craftsmen were making life like performing robots. In 1738 in Paris people queued to see the amazing flute playing automaton, designed and built by Jacques Vaucanson. With the industrial revolution the idea of automata became intertwined with that of human workers. The word robot first appears in a 1921 play, Rossum's Universal Robots, by Czech author Carel Chapek.
2. Our Relationship With These Machines
First broadcast: 14th February 2017
Duration 27:52
Robots are becoming present in our lives, as companions and as helpers. Some are humanoid, others are like dustbins. Adam Rutherford explores our relationship with these machines. Have we made them to be merely more dextrous versions of us? Why do we want to make replicas of ourselves? Should we be worried that they could replace us at work? Is it a good idea that robots are becoming carers for the elderly and for children with autism? In this programme Adam Rutherford meets some of the latest robots and their designers and compares the current reality with fictional robots from films.
3. Where Is My Mind?
First broadcast: 21st February 2017
Duration 27:41
Are we ready for artificial intelligences making decisions for us? From Skynet and the Terminator franchise, through Wargames and Ava in Ex Machina, artificial intelligences pervade our cinematic experiences. But AIs are already in the real world, answering our questions on our phones and making diagnoses about our health. Adam Rutherford asks if we are ready for AI, when fiction becomes reality, and we create thinking machines.
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