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Episode 1: Babbage and the Dancer (Or, Can You Fall in Love With a Robot?)

Wonderland Podcast with Steven Johnson by How We Get To Next

Aug 16, 201618:52Society & Culture

An eight-year-old boy's encounter with a robotic toy doll ends up changing the course of technological history. Steven Johnson talks with special guests Ken Goldberg and Kate Darling, as we look at the uncanny world of e...

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Episode 1: Babbage and the Dancer (Or, Can You Fall in Love With a Robot?) is an episode from Wonderland Podcast with Steven Johnson by How We Get To Next. An eight-year-old boy's encounter with a robotic toy doll ends up changing the cours...

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Published Aug 16, 2016, 18:52 long, audio available.

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An eight-year-old boy's encounter with a robotic toy doll ends up changing the course of technological history. Steven Johnson talks with special guests Ken Goldberg and Kate Darling, as we look at the uncanny world of emotional robotics. What if the dystopian future turns out to be one where the robots conquer humanity with their cuteness? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Published Aug 16, 2016 and 18:52 long