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

Update: 2016-08-16

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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?

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

2016-08-1618:52

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Episode 3: Strange Loops and Circuit Benders (Or, How New Music Comes from Broken Machines)

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Episode 4: Airplanes, Zoos, and Infinite Chickens (Or, Why Do Humans Like To Play?)

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Episode 5: Greater Than Zero (Or, the Politics of Serious Games)

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Episode 6: Clever Like a Fox (Or, What Happens Inside Our Brains When We Play?)

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Episode 7: In Pursuit of Condiments (Or, How the Spice Trade Changed Our Palates)

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Episode 8: Party in the Front (Or, How We Incorporate Play into Work)

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Episode 9: Sphere of Life (Or, Why Humans Are So Obsessed With a Bouncing Ball)

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Episode 10: For the Fun of It (Or, the Play in Great Work)

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

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

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