Good Disruption: Episode 22 - Humanoid Robots

From Wall-E and the Iron Giant to I Robot and Terminator, Hollywood has portrayed robots as friendly and misunderstood but also a technology to be feared if left in the wrong hands.  Society has been fascinated with the idea of robots, ever since the term was introduced in the 1920s science fiction play “Rossum’s Universal Robots”.  Today, humanoid robots are being designed not only to carry out simple tasks but also, display a broad range of emotions and react to people in real-time.  But just because we can build it, should we?

Yael and Mike are joined on this episode by Professor Frank Li, an Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems at the UBC Sauder School of Business, a digital fellow at Stanford University Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Digital Economy Lab, and a visiting fellow at NYU Stern Center for the Future of Management.  Professor Li’s research stands at the nexus of the economics of information technology, focusing on AI and robots, technical skills and future of work, and organizational changes.