In this three-part series, Futuri CEO Daniel Anstandig dives deep into robots. The more innovative we get with robotics, the more we’re faced with existential questions. Are robots on a course to becoming indistinguishable from humans, like in the sci-fi drama Westworld? And if so, then what makes humanity unique?

In part one, Daniel looks at the mind in the machine. So far, artificial intelligence operates a lot like a better brain, capable of problem-solving, spotting patterns, and recalling information. But “mind” indicates a sense of identity and consciousness that robots may never achieve. We can see that when they're programmed to create art, like an AI that wrote a Beatles song or another that painted a portrait in the style of the Old Masters: There’s something eerily off-putting about their creations because they lack an essential emotionality or humanity. Should we digitize our own humanity? Or is there a happy medium where AI and humans collaborate, instead of competing?

Hear all about the robot mind in this episode, and don’t miss the follow-up episodes on Body and Soul to get the whole picture of the future of robotics.