Active Physical Intelligence Explained - On Tech Ethics

On Tech Ethics with CITI Program

Discusses Active Physical Intelligence, a model designed for real-time data collection and acquisition, which serves as an adaptive foundation.
Our guests today are the co-founders of KavAI: Tara Javidi and Sam Bigdeli.
Tara has been appointed as the inaugural holder of the Jerzy (George) Lewak Endowed Chair in the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Tara and UCSD have been selected to join the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, a program of Schmidt Futures, to accelerate the next scientific revolution by applying AI to research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
Sam is the CEO at KavAI, which aims to revolutionize various industries, saving time, labor, and financial resources. He is also a founding advisor at XIRA Connect and a partner at Competitive Knowledge Inc., which invests in entrepreneurs with unique technologies and helps transform their visions into reality. Sam previously held the position of Chief Operating Financial Officer at Advanced MP Technology.
Additional resources:

• KavAI: https://www.kavai.com/
• What is Active Physical Intelligence?: https://www.kavai.com/dev/active-physical-intelligence
• CITI Program’s course catalog: https://about.citiprogram.org/course-catalog

Capitoli

1. Active Physical Intelligence Explained - On Tech Ethics (00:00:00)

2. Introduction and Guest Welcome (00:00:03)

3. Guest Backgrounds and Company Mission (00:00:57)

4. Foundations of Information Theory and AI (00:02:05)

5. How Active Physical Intelligence Differs from Traditional AI (00:04:16)

6. Sensor Data and Signal Modalities (00:06:24)

7. Real-World Applications and Industrial Safety (00:08:54)

8. Case Studies in Oil, Gas, and Industrial Sites (00:10:21)

9. User Interface and Experience (00:13:59)

10. Benefits of Multimodal Sensing (00:15:26)

11. Applications Beyond Industry (00:17:00)

12. Ethical Challenges in Active Physical Intelligence (00:18:53)

13. Responsible Design Principles (00:21:48)

14. Learning More and Getting Involved (00:24:11)

15. Final Thoughts and Broader Impact (00:25:25)

16. Energy Efficiency and Biological Inspiration (00:27:04)

17. Closing and Further Resources (00:28:34)