Thomas Sears

Filmed in Ingenuity Labs, on @queensu campus, and at few locations in #Kingston. Students and locals in #ygk will recognize a some of the sites! – at Kingston, Ontario

Ever wonder what robots REALLY get up to when left alone on Halloween? Watch the full video here: youtu.be/8NdBNtQmzZg?si=w9E_… #Robots #Halloween2023 – at Kingston, Ontario

Day 1 at #IROS2022 continues in the main hall with a keynote series, starting with Vivian Chu from @DiligentRobots. Robots that help nurses. That’s an excellent robot.

The venue is pretttty amazing…

#IROS2022 has begun in Kyoto! Lots of robots to learn about over the next few days.

Never a dull moment @IngenuityLabs! Today, Dr. Melissa Greeff @QueensEngineer @roboralab spoke about Flying Flat Out; how her research is enabling safer and faster autonomous flight.

Questions are focused around: ability to make judgements, will jobs disappear for a generation, are AIs capable of human-level creativity, does AI make emotional connections? #RAIS2022

Solid opening round, now they will go back and forth with some questions for each other. I can’t keep up. I’ll be back in a bit. #RAIS2022

The poster session is complete, so now it’s time for the afternoon debate at #RAIS2022! Question: will AI take (most of) our jobs?

Closing arguments! Audience vote will happen next. Let’s see if our debaters had any sway on the opinion of the audience…

Good questions coming from the crowd on both sides, asking about art, freedom of choice, and insurance implications. Good answers, and references to Batman have returned!