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Welcome to Does Compute, the podcast where we explore how computer science is changing our world, from artificial intelligence and robotics to ethics, policy, and culture. In each episode, we meet the people behind the technology and ask the questions driving their work. Does Compute is produced by…

Though robots are becoming more capable, training them to move through our world with knowledge that humans intuit is incredibly difficult. But through rethinking the concept of safety, incorporating new kinds of data and finding the value in failure, Andrea Bajcsy, an assistant professor in the Ro…

"Your personal information has been part of a security breach." As more aspects of life are brought online, how do we protect personal information? Sarah Scheffler, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University, discusses how applied cryptography works to protect privacy, and what privacy me…

Teaching computer science is an ever-evolving practice, and with the explosion of large language models that can source information in the blink of an eye, Anil Ada knows he doesn't have all the answers. Ada, an associate teaching professor at Carnegie Mellon University, helms one of the core cours…