#329 – Kate Darling: Social Robots, Ethics, Privacy and the Future of MIT

Kate Darling is a researcher at MIT Media Lab interested in human robot interaction and robot ethics. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – True Classic Tees : https://trueclassictees.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off – Shopify : https://shopify.com/lex to get 14-day free trial – Linode : https://linode.com/lex to get $100 free credit – InsideTracker : https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off – ExpressVPN : https://expressvpn.com/lexpod to get 3 months free EPISODE LINKS: Kate’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/grok_ Kate’s Website: http://katedarling.org Kate’s Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/grok_ The New Breed (book): https://amzn.to/3ExhBuf Creativity without Law (book): https://amzn.to/3MqV5F3 LuLaRobot (paper): http://drive.google.com/file/d/1PtYpkDQaQVPbhQIc6wcCC50JKWVsDo3k/view PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (07:57) – What is a robot? (23:57) – Metaverse (33:19) – Bias in robots (47:02) – Modern robotics (49:34) – Automation (53:57) – Autonomous driving (1:02:22) – Privacy (1:05:48) – Google’s LaMDA (1:10:35) – Robot animal analogy (1:23:38) – Data concerns (1:41:40) – Humanoid robots (2:00:42) – LuLaRobot (2:09:36) – Ethics in robotics (2:24:57) – Jeffrey Epstein (2:58:31) – Love and relationships