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Welcome to Season 2 of WHERE WHAT IF BECOMES WHAT’S NEXT, a podcast from Carnegie Mellon University where we ask the bold questions that will become innovations for the betterment of humanity. You'll hear about breakthroughs at CMU from scientists, researchers, innovators and artists at the forefront of artificial intelligence, robotics, health science and the arts. With host Randy Scott, every ot... more

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Recent Guests

Aarti Singh
Professor in the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University and director of the National Science Foundation's AI Institute for Societal Decision Making
Carnegie Mellon University
Episode: Critical Choices: AI in Disaster Management and Healthcare
George Kantor
Research professor in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Episode: Farm to Future: How Robotics and AI are Revolutionizing Agriculture
Rachel Mandelbaum
Interim head of Carnegie Mellon's Department of Physics and CMU's lead for the LINCC Initiative
Carnegie Mellon University
Episode: Cracking the Cosmic Code: How Software Powers the Rubin Observatory
Jeremy Kubica
Director of Engineering for the LINCC Frameworks
Carnegie Mellon University
Episode: Cracking the Cosmic Code: How Software Powers the Rubin Observatory
Laurie Heller
Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Episode: The Science of Sound - Part 2
Professor Laurie Heller
A professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, running the Auditory Perception and Cognition Lab.
Carnegie Mellon University
Episode: The Science of Sound - Part 1
David Creswell
William S. Dietrich II Professor in Psychology and Neuroscience, co-founder of Equa Health.
Carnegie Mellon University
Episode: The Science of Coping with Stress
Kevin Zollman
Herbert A. Simon Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute for Complex Social Dynamics at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Episode: Game Theory Decoded - Part 2
Kyle Hayden
Senior Associate Head at Carnegie Mellon School of Drama
Carnegie Mellon University
Episode: Curtain Up: What’s Next for Theater Arts

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Randy Scott
Host of Where What If Becomes What's Next

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4.6 out of 5 stars from 16 ratings
  • Thought provoking podcast

    Some great episodes on how AI is rocking our world. Thought-provoking.

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Critical Choices: AI in Disaster Management and Healthcare
Q: How can AI assist with decision making in healthcare, particularly in maternal health?
AI can create health profiles of maternal patients, assess risks, and recommend targeted interventions to improve engagement with healthcare.
Critical Choices: AI in Disaster Management and Healthcare
Q: What is the mission of the AI Institute for Societal Decision Making?
The mission is to improve decision making in domains that directly affect society, particularly in public health and disaster management.
Farm to Future: How Robotics and AI are Revolutionizing Agriculture
Q: The AI Institute for Resilient Agriculture and the digital twins you're developing. How does this simulation model work?
Digital twins allow for real-time adjustments to models based on field data, improving predictions and decision-making related to agricultural practices.
Farm to Future: How Robotics and AI are Revolutionizing Agriculture
Q: Last time we talked about the difficulty of getting a robot to carefully pick fruit like apples. Have there been any advancements since then in both the dexterity and the decision making about which fruit to pick?
There have been advancements in using learning from demonstration techniques where robots imitate human actions to enhance their dexterity and decision-making capabilities.
Farm to Future: How Robotics and AI are Revolutionizing Agriculture
Q: George, catch us up. What's your assessment of the current state of agriculture and robotics?
Agricultural robotics is categorized into two segments: high automation in staple crops and the need for more robotics in specialty crops which require manual labor.

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