Values
Should we build robots that feel human emotions?
With the expansion in robot intelligence, teaching values to machines will become as important as teaching them to human children.
Pascale Fung
Pascale Fung is a Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She was elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers for her contributions to human-machine interactions. She is one of the founding faculty members of the Human Language Technology Center (HLTC) at HKUST, Director of InterACT@HKUST, and the founding chair of the Women Faculty Association at HKUST.
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