Shield AI Fundamentals: On Resilient Intelligence
A conversation with Professor Nathan Michael, Shield AI’s Chief Technology Officer. This is a continuation of our conversation about Trust and Robotic Systems. You are the director of the Resilient Intelligence Lab (RISLab) at Carnegie Mellon University. When choosing to name the lab, why did you use the term resilient? The goal of the research […]
The Relationship Between Intelligence & Learning
A conversation with Professor Nathan Michael, Shield AI’s Chief Technology Officer. This is a continuation of our conversation about Trust and Robotic Systems. How do you define intelligence in the context of robotic systems? Within the context of organic systems — humans, animals, plants — there are more formal definitions of what we mean by […]
Using AI to Amplify Human Ability
A conversation with Professor Nathan Michael, Shield AI’s Chief Technology Officer. This is a continuation of our conversation about Trust and Robotic Systems. Using AI to Amplify Human Ability We’ve spoken extensively about human expectations for AI systems. Are there other examples of something humans expect AI systems to do that is not necessarily inherently […]
On Humans Interpreting AI and Robot Behavior
A conversation with Professor Nathan Michael, Shield AI’s Chief Technology Officer. This is a continuation of our conversation about Trust and Robotic Systems. How do humans factor into trust of robotic systems? Humans trust engineered systems that adhere to performance expectations. If a system works as expected, we tend to trust it. Interestingly, if the […]
Trust and Robotic Systems
A conversation with Professor Nathan Michael, Shield AI’s Chief Technology Officer. This is a continuation of our conversation on Trust and Artificial Intelligence. What does trust mean in the context of robotic systems? For a robotic system, trust is about the system engaging as expected, in a consistent manner, time and time again.The more that […]
The Role of Trust in Hardware Design
A conversation with Christian Wester, Lead Mechanical Engineer at Shield AI. What is the role of trust in hardware design? First and foremost, we have to trust our teammates. Outcomes are not always what you expect and the way an organization reacts during these moments is telling. Trust requires that when things do not go […]
The Role of Trust in the Evolution of AI
A conversation with Professor Nathan Michael, Shield AI’s Chief Technology Officer. This is a continuation of our conversation on Trust and Artificial Intelligence. How does trust play into the system’s ability to evolve and adapt to what it is learning? I can best respond with an analogy. If you think about a child, as we […]
Trust and Artificial Intelligence
A conversation with Professor Nathan Michael, Shield AI’s Chief Technology Officer. This is a continuation of our conversation of Shield AI Fundamentals: On Multi-Robot Collaboration. How do you think of trust as it pertains to the operation of an AI system? The concept of trust in an AI system is similar to how you trust […]
Shield AI Fundamentals: On Progress in Swarming
A conversation with Professor Nathan Michael, Shield AI’s Chief Technology Officer. This is a continuation of our conversation of Shield AI Fundamentals: On Multi-Robot Collaboration. Is the idea of swarming decades away? How do you answer the question of when swarming will be possible in the real world? There are different levels of what is […]
Shield AI Fundamentals: On Multi-Robot Collaboration
A conversation with Professor Nathan Michael, Shield AI’s Chief Technology Officer. We’ve heard many terms referring to collaboration between robotic systems, can you elaborate on which terms exist and what each mean? There’s collaboration, coordination, teaming and swarming. Collaboration is when systems work together in order to achieve some common goal — working together to […]
