Already, a computer can defeat the worlds greatest player at our most complex Strategy Game. The first movie written entirely by ai has just been released, and ai may have discovered Ourfirst Antibiotic in three decades. Together with our partners, Royal Commission 1851, weve brought together three engineers at the Cutting Edge of this field to discuss their work and what it means for us humans. Paolo pirjanian is armenian, but he was born in iran and started his career working on Mars Rovers for nasa. Hes now Founder And Ceo of embodied, which is a company that builds emotionally intelligent robots to help with child development. David silver is from the uk, where hes principal Research Scientist at the Ai Research lab Google Deepmind. He led the team that used al to defeat the worlds best player at the complicated Strategy Game go. And hes working on Artificial General Intelligence. Regina barzilay is Israeli American and a distinguished professor for Al Health at mit in the us. She
Somerset house. You are watching bbc news. And now its time for the engineers intelligent machines. Hello, im Caroline Steel, this is the bbc world service. And welcome to the engineers. This year were at the science specialist university, imperial college london, and were here to focus on the technical revolution defining our era, artificial intelligence. Im joined by a panel of three World Leaders in The Field and a large, enthusiastic audience in imperial s great hall. Already, a computer can defeat the worlds greatest player at our most complex Strategy Game. The first movie written entirely by ai has just been released, and ai may have discovered our first antibiotic in three decades. Together with our partners Royal Commission 1851, we have brought together three engineers at the Cutting Edge of this field to discuss their work and what it means for us humans. Paolo pirjanian is armenian, but he was born in iran and started his career working on Mars Rovers for nasa. Hes now Foun