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Rosalind Picard

HARDtalk: Professor Rosalind Picard

24/10/2013 GMT

Professor Rosalind Picard

BBC World News - HARDtalk, Professor Rosalind Picard

Zeinab Badawi speaks to Professor Rosalind Picard, founder of Affective Computing, MIT.

HARDtalk speaks with pioneering American scientist Professor Rosalind Picard. In the future, could robots think and feel like humans, and, if so, what are the ethical implications?

Imagine a world where robots can think and feel like humans. HARDtalk speaks to pioneering American scientist Professor Rosalind Picard, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who has advanced the capability of computers to recognise human emotions. In the future, could robots fitted with intelligent computers perform tasks such as caring for the elderly, or fight as soldiers on the battlefield and, if so, what are the ethical implications?

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