Hyper Evolution: Rise of the Robots

Hyper Evolution: Rise of the Robots

Season 1
Evolutionary biologist Dr. Ben Garrod and electronics engineer Professor Danielle George explore whether machines built to enhance our lives could one day become our rivals. They introduce us to the trailblazing machines, from the earliest robot specimens to their most advanced descendants, to give us a sense of where this rapidly emerging 'species' is heading, and what it means for humanity.
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  1. S1 E1 - Rise of the Humanoids

    July 26, 2017
    58min
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    Ben meets one of the most human like robots in the world: the disarmingly charming Erica. She might be warm to the touch, but her sense of humor falls decidedly flat. He also visits the fearsome Eric, the U.K.'s first robot. Danielle meets an early pioneer of robotic movement, who led the way for robots to take over the workplace, and meets the latest breed of robots at Boston Dynamics.
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  2. S1 E2 - Can a Robot Be a Person?

    August 2, 2017
    59min
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    In this episode, Professor Danielle George and Dr. Ben Garrod investigate whether robots will ever become our friends, if we should trust them with our lives, and if one day they will even become conscious. Ben visits the first attempt to make a robotic brain with a rudimentary awareness of its surroundings, before meeting its most advanced descendant: the driverless car.
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