Self-Repairing Machines

We often try to distinguish between what is alive and what is a machine, and note that machines can't reproduce or fix themselves, but that may soon change.

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Credits:
Self-Repairing Machines
Episode 457; July 25, 2024
Produced, Narrated & Written: Isaac Arthur
Editor:
Lukas Konecny
Graphics:
Jeremy Jozwik
Ken York
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

0:00 Intro
0:17 Susan
3:03 Fundamentals
10:52 Sensing and Diagnostics
14:19 Advanced Materials
21:56 Robotics
24:11 Artificial Intelligence