Prof. Sethu Vijayakumar - Sharing Autonomy (and Responsibility): The Robots Are Ready, Are You?
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Professor Sethu Vijayakumar, Professor of Robotics, delivers the first lecture in the 2015 Our Changing World series, entitled Sharing Autonomy (and responsibility): The robots are ready, are you? Learning and self-adapting robots have finally arrived. This lecture will look at technological advances in robotics that have made this leap possible, and open a discussion on the trade-off between autonomy and control that we are willing to admit to reap maximal benefits. Recorded on 29 September 2015 at the University of Edinburgh's George Square Lecture Theatre.
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Published 12/01/15
Professor Emilios Avgouleas, Chair in Banking Law, delivers the eighth lecture in the 2015 Our Changing World series, entitled From Speculative Finance to Sustainable Finance. In this lecture, Professor Avgouleas will discuss in a free thinking mode, a number of possible solutions to the...
Published 11/20/15