Episode 5: Dr. Missy Cummings

03/02/2021 1h 6min

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Our conversation with Dr. Missy Cummings, Director of Duke's Humans and Autonomy Lab and Duke Robotics. She talks about her experiences serving as one of the U.S. Navy's first female fighter pilots, and how her experiences witnessing the tragedy that resulted from the failure of autonomous systems, coupled with her involvement in the policy sphere as a member of the Defense Innovation Board, has influenced her career as a researcher.