How Human Like Robots Will Impact Work, Life and Society: Geordie Rose at Mc Master University

Throughout the entirety of human history we have always dreamed about, and been captivated by, the idea of creating machines that are like us. Humanlike robots have appeared in endless science fiction movies, in both utopian and more often dystopian narratives. Geordie Rose, McMaster Engineering Physics alumnus, will talk about advancements in machine learning and AI that are enabling the minds of such robots to become increasingly humanlike. Rose is a serial entrepreneur. He founded his first enterprise, Dwave, the worlds first quantum computing company. He founded Kindred, the worlds first robotics company to use reinforcement learning in a production environment. He is now Founder and CEO at Geordie was named the 2011 Canadian Innovator of the Year, and was one of Foreign Policy Magazines 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2013. For a short time he also held the Guinness Book of World Records world record for the most yogurt eaten in one minute.