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Dr. Nikolaos Mavridis, PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is an academic and consultant specializing in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. He is the founder and director of the Interactive Robots and Media Lab (IRML) and has served in various professor positions, including NYU Poly and AD, Innopolis University, and UAEU. He has been a four-time TEDx speaker, as well as a speaker at Singularity University, and is also a pro-bono contributor to a number of organizations. His interests include human-robot interaction, machine learning, cognitive systems, and he has more than 80 peer-reviewed academic publications. Among other appointments, Nikolaos has served as a judge for the UAE Prime Minister’s Office “Drones for Good” and “Robotics and AI for Good” competition, is a member of the MIT Educational Council, a mentor for the MIT Enterprise Forum, has given 4 TEDx talks (including Geneva and Athens) and has been a Singularity University speaker, and is frequently invited for keynote talks worldwide.
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Abstract |
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From Ancient Automata through AI and Robots towards our Future |
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Although Artificial Intelligence and Robotics arguably start from the 1960's, their roots are much older, tracing back to Aristotle and to Automata in Ancient Egyptian and Greek temples. Through the internet and the increasing numbers of sensors monitoring the world, immense amounts of data are generated. And through latest advances in AI, such data are being used to analyze, predict, and recently also to modify different aspects of our world. Data & Intelligence will play a fundamental role in the so-called "Fourth Industrial Revolution" which has started to blur the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres. We will look into more detail not only to those developments, but also to how they could change ourselves and our world, and to open problems that have arisen, providing glimpses of a future that holds the power to potentially create better lives for an ever increasing part of the world's population. |
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