Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman
Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman
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Ep156 What Do We Learn About AI by Dancing with Robots? with Catie Cuan
1 hour 12 minutes Posted Jun 1, 2026 at 10:00 am.
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Why do we read so much into how a robot moves, and what does that tell us about human brains? Why did our history make us so sensitive to movement? Why do we trust graceful motion? Should we make a robot 'look' at an object it’s about to pick up, even if it doesn’t need to? Is movement the original form of animal intelligence? Join Eagleman with guest Catie Cuan, a roboticist, dancer, and choreographer. Catie’s an expert on the strange social interface between humans and machines, and she’s gotten there by dancing with robots.