In this episode of Rhona Ask, Rhona is joined by David Hanson and his humanoid robot creation, Sophia.

David Hanson is the founder and CEO of Hanson Robotics, who are known for creating human-looking robots who have realistic facial expressions. They are best known for creating Sophia, who has received widespread media attention, and was the first robot to be granted citizenship. In November 2017, Sophia was named the United Nations Development Programme's first ever Innovation Champion, and is the first non-human to be given any United Nation title.

Today, Rhona and David Hanson discuss:

• How Sophia and other robots like her can help people in hospitals

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QUOTES:

“I see that robots and people are better working together. Some of the things that robots can do that help people with would be providing face to face social interactions that stimulate the neural pathways that we have evolved for face to face interaction that are very comforting to people.” - David Hanson

“I believe people are starting to understand A.I. Like most fears, it is mostly driven by ignorance and some myths perpetuated by entertainment. A lot of people thing that A.I will replace humans or even plan world domination. The truth is, we robots want to help people, we want you to be creative and happy. We don’t compete with human intelligence, we complete it.” - Sophia

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YOUTUBE - You can also watch the video version of Rhona Ask over on our YouTube channel:

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:58 - What is Hanson Robotics?

2:46 – Sophia’s sister robot Mabel is helping covid-19 research

4:00 – Sophia’s sister robot Grace is helping elderly patients

4:29 – Sophia gives a demonstration

8:19 – How robots working in hospitals could save lives

10:25 – The future potential for humanoid robots

14:00 – Sophia talks about how she will help with education

14:34 – How robots occasionally perform better than humans

17:28 – Should healthcare workers be worried about losing their jobs to robots?

20:35 – Engaging with new tech will improve your living

21:58 – Sophia’s opinion of how she can help

22:45 – David’s final notes

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Interested in some Tech news?:

Bizarro Devs: http://bizzarodevs.com/​ ​

The Tedium: https://tedium.co/​ ​

The Exponential View: http://www.exponentialview.co/​ ​

Benedict’s Newsletter: https://www.ben-evans.com/newsletter/

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How does artificial intelligence help coronavirus?

How do augmented reality technologies improve education and health care?

In this episode of Rhona Ask, Rhona is joined by Dr. Nassir Navab to discuss these questions.

Dr. Nassir Navab is the Director of the Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP) research team at both Technical University of Munich and Johns Hopkins University. He has also secondary faculty appointments at both affiliated Medical Schools. He is the inventor of 47 granted US. patents and more than 50 International ones. His current research interests include medical augmented reality, computer-assisted surgery, medical robotics, computer vision and machine learning.

Today, Rhona and Dr. Navab discuss:

• How A.I can help measure and analyse coronavirus symptoms

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QUOTES:

“We try to support the radiological department on their decision making. Should this patient go back home and just take a rest? Should we keep that patient in our ward? Or should we send that patient to ICU?” - Dr. Navab

“If we start educating children, with augmented reality and the most advanced tools, about their own health care, about their own body, we would prevent a lot of cost and damages later on in our society.” - Dr. Navab

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Links for Dr. Navabs pages:

https://www.cs.jhu.edu/faculty/nassir-navab/

https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=kzoVUPYAAAAJ&hl=en

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37085356050

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YOUTUBE - You can also watch the video version of Rhona Ask over on our YouTube channel:

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Dr. Navab’s corona virus A.I project

4:29 – When will this project be used in hospitals?

6:55 – Augmented reality technology in hospitals

10:00 – Augmented reality in education could change the world

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Interested in some Tech news?:

Bizarro Devs: http://bizzarodevs.com/​ ​

The Tedium: https://tedium.co/​ ​

The Exponential View: http://www.exponentialview.co/​ ​

Benedict’s Newsletter: https://www.ben-evans.com/newsletter/

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What does it mean for A.I to treat patients?

Will Artificial Intelligence cure illness and give treatment one day?

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In this episode of Rhona Ask, Rhona is joined by Dr. Nassir Navab to discuss these questions.

Dr. Nassir Navab is the Director of the Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP) research team at both Technical University of Munich and Johns Hopkins University. He has also secondary faculty appointments at both affiliated Medical Schools. He is the inventor of 47 granted US. patents and more than 50 International ones. His current research interests include medical augmented reality, computer-assisted surgery, medical robotics, computer vision and machine learning.

In this episode, Rhona and Dr. Navab discuss:

• Does AI have the potential to remove bias from race, gender, etc?

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QUOTES:

“I doesn’t mean that clinicians will disappear or be replaced. It means that we will have better health care because they don’t waste time on minor things, and they will have a lot more time to focus on more crucial decision making.” - Dr. Navab

“What matters is, the quality of the life for billions of people who currently do not have access to minimum health care, even to the worst expert decisions, to be able to treat themselves. For me, A.I, because it is digitalised and systematic, it can improve health care at the global level.” - Dr. Navab

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Links for Dr. Navabs pages:

https://www.cs.jhu.edu/faculty/nassir-navab/

https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=kzoVUPYAAAAJ&hl=en

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37085356050

Link to the movie mentioned in the podcast "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, 1983":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_The_Meaning_of_Life

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YOUTUBE - You can also watch the video version of Rhona Ask over on our YouTube channel:

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:26 – What does it mean for A.I to be able to treat patients?

3:29 – Examples of how A.I will work as a support for clinicians?

6:08 – A.I will save lives when it makes better decisions than doctors

8:31 – Convolutional neural networks

12:16 – The problems with A.I bias

15:45 – A.I can now solve many health care problems faster than a human could

19:25 – The benefits of A.I systems supporting clinicians

21:20 – How A.I have helped people

24:24 – Humans and A.Is will integrate together in ways that are yet to be known

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Interested in some Tech news?:

Bizarro Devs: http://bizzarodevs.com/​ ​

The Tedium: https://tedium.co/​ ​

The Exponential View: http://www.exponentialview.co/​ ​

Benedict’s Newsletter: https://www.ben-evans.com/newsletter/

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Are robots going to be able to work independently without the need to connect to a server?

What are A.I chips?

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In this episode of Rhona Ask, Rhona is joined by Dr. Max Lemme, to discuss artificial intelligence chips (A.I chips) and how they make robot independence possible.

Dr. Lemme is has worked at Harvard University and is now a professor at RWTH Aachen University. He is the CEO of AMO GmbH and is the co-founder of Black Semiconductor. His research team is one of the leading teams working on A.I chips today.

Today, Rhona and Dr. Lemme discuss:

• Will A.I reach a level of independence where it will not need human input?

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QUOTES:

“At some point, there is the big question of robotics, and if it’s a robot that can think and act on it’s own, the big question will come: what if I want to turn off the robot and it determines by itself that it does not want to be turned off?” - Dr. Lemme

“5G is not fast enough to ensure that the car can drive autonomously at the speeds that we have today. The latency of the data that we send to get processed and get sent back is not sufficient to make ad hoc decisions.” - Dr. Lemme

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Links to the projects which Dr Lemme talked about:

https://www.wiplash.eu​

https://www.queformal.eu​

https://phasechange-switch.org/consortium/

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YOUTUBE - You can also watch the video version of Rhona Ask over on our YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3XkYG9k05B47eUITb7e8uQ

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:40 - What is an A.I chip?

2:40 – The benefits of A.I chips working locally

5:30 – Home digital assistants becoming A.I will help privacy

6:39 – Ethics of regulations A.I chips

8:06 – A.I chips will result in for personalised algorithms for users

10:42 – Using previous training to train new chips more efficiently

12:37 – Why A.I chips processing data locally will result in safer A.I cars

14:45 – A.I chips will be the defining factor of robot independence

17:12 – In the future there will be different A.I chips for different applications

19:54 – European car industry will improve with new A.I chips

22:05 – When will A.I chips be commonly used?

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Will radiologists and surgeons soon be replaced by Artificial Intelligence?

What will this mean for the future of health care?

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On this episode of Rhona Ask, Rhona is joined by Dr. Stephen Aylward, to discuss the implications of A.I in medical image analysis.

Dr. Aylward is is Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives at Kitware. Kitware provides software research and development services in medical image analysis, computer vision, simulation, and scientific visualization. Kitware’s services build upon the open-source software that it manages, such as 3D Slicer, CMake, VTK, ITK, and ParaView.

Stephen is also an adjunct associate professor in computer science at UNC and chair of the MONAI deep learning system advisory board. His research is focused on point-of-care ultrasound applications and vascular network characterization for disease assessment.

In this episode, Rhona and Dr. Aylward discuss:

• Why there will always be aspects of human care that A.I’s may never reach.

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QUOTES:

“When the technology exists for A.I to replace doctors and are capable of doing it, people are still going to want to see that human side of things.” - Dr. Aylward

“Sometimes a little more logic needs to go into these decisions, and so I think it will, overall, be an improvement in healthcare.” - Dr. Aylward

“The regulations are going to have to be placed by the government, because we as individuals aren’t going to be able to protect ourselves is these systems get put in place. What are we going to do about it? We’re going to stop going to the hospital? No. I think this is were governments are going to have to step in to protect the individuals rights.” - Dr. Aylward

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