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187 - Michael Levin: The New Era of Cognitive Biorobotics

187 - Michael Levin: The New Era of Cognitive Biorobotics

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Michael Levin is a Distinguished Professor in the Biology
Department at Tufts University, where he holds the Vannevar Bush
endowed Chair, and he is also associate faculty at the Wyss
Institute at Harvard University. Michael and the Levin Lab work
at the intersection of biology, artificial life, bioengineering,
synthetic morphology, and cognitive science. Michael also
appeared on the show in episode #151, which was all about
synthetic life and collective intelligence. In this episode,
Michael and Robinson discuss the nature of cognition, working
with Daniel Dennett, how cognition can be realized by different
structures and materials, how to define robots, a new class of
robot called the Anthrobot, and whether or not we have moral
obligations to biological robots.

The Levin Lab: https://drmichaellevin.org/

OUTLINE

00:00 In This Episode…

00:19 Introduction

02:14 What is Cognition?

08:01 On Working with Daniel Dennett

13:17 Gatekeeping in Cognitive Science

25:15 The Multi-Realizability of Cognition

31:30 What are Anthrobots?

39:33 What Are Robots, Really?

59:53 Do We Have Moral Obligations to Biological Robots?

Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations
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