A Conversation with Rodney Brooks: IEEE TechEthics Interview

About the Video: Rodney Brooks talks about challenges in discussing the future of artificial intelligence -- particularly in autonomous vehicles and care for the elderly -- including focusing on societal and ethical impacts in the near term.

About the Speaker: Rodney Brooks was Director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab from 1997 to 2003 and the founding Director of the Institute's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), and served in that role until 2007. In 1990, he co-founded iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT), where he served variously as CTO, Chairman and board member until 2011. In 2008 he founded Rethink Robotics where is he Chairman and CTO.