Ep156 What Do We Learn About AI by Dancing with Robots? with Catie Cuan

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David Eagleman discusses the insights gained from dancing with robots with guest Catie Cuan.

Why do we read so much into how a robot moves, and what does that tell us about human brains? Why did our history make us so sensitive to movement? Why do we trust graceful motion? Should we make a robot 'look' at an object it’s about to pick up, even if it doesn’t need to? Is movement the original form of animal intelligence? Join Eagleman with guest Catie Cuan, a roboticist, dancer, and choreographer. Catie’s an expert on the strange social interface between humans and machines, and she’s gotten there by dancing with robots.

People in this episode

Host: David Eagleman

Guest: Catie Cuan

Topics covered

• AI
• robotics
• human-robot interaction
• movement
• dance
• intelligence

Keywords

• AI
• robots
• human brains
• movement
• intelligence
• dance
• choreography

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Organizations: iHeartPodcasts

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