Kerry McInerney

Kerry McInerney, a Research Associate at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and an expert on robot history, dives into the fascinating origins of automatons and their evolution into modern robots. She discusses the cultural impact of the infamous Mechanical Turk hoax and traces the term 'robot' back to its 1921 roots. The conversation also touches on gender dynamics in technology, the influence of 20th-century science fiction on societal anxieties, and the evolving perceptions of AI and robotics over time.