Joseph Dweck speaks with robotics and AI pioneer Professor Hod Lipson about machine creativity and what it reveals about being human.

From robot artists to self-aware machines, they explore the philosophical and practical boundaries of artificial intelligence. Can machines ever truly feel? What does it mean to be conscious? And how should we prepare for a future shared with AI that is exponentially more capable than us?

Hod unpacks how AI works by ‘filling in blanks,’ how imagination might be the root of consciousness, and why he believes we’re on an inevitable path to meeting a new intelligent species - one we’re building ourselves.

Hod Lipson is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University and a world-renowned expert in AI and robotics. His work on evolutionary robotics, machine learning, and autonomous systems has shaped the future of human-machine interaction.

Supported by: The Sephardi Centre and Mr Louis Ades

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