Ayorkor Korsah

Quotes

• “We have about 300 individuals and institutions signed up and it’s kind of interesting because we have a real range, ranging from people like robotics researchers at universities, all to way to students who may have taken one robotics course in college and are doing completely different things now, but are definitely interested in robotics. It’s a way of bringing together anyone with any interest in robotics in Africa.”
• “The most common things that we’ve seen so far are educational programs around robotics. In Egypt they have this competition to design robots that can detect land mines. It is a really cool example of researchers looking at how to apply robotics to local issues.”
• “The thing about robotics is that it involves many different fields. From an educational point of view, you learn about this whole idea of system integration, and you also learn a little bit about different fields. You might have a problem for which you don’t necessarily want to develop an automated robot to solve that problem, but some components of robotics might be helpful.”
• ““I do not think we should be in a panic mood, but I also think we should not ignore this…As AI becomes more capable, we also need to think very carefully about the structure of our society, and about the opportunities and education that people can have access to. If people do not have access to education, how are they going to learn and get those skills that are not replaceable by AI."”
• “"Computer scientists are the magicians of tomorrow."”
• “When something does not exist, it is an opportunity."”

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Wikidata facts

Official website

www.cs.cmu.edu/~gertrude

via Wikidata · CC0