During this conversation, we explored Robert’s fascination with and deconstruction of knowledge, beyond the profession of engineering in philosophy, the importance of developing philosophically informed technical systems. He retold stories about his multiple research experiences and the lessons he learned, both humorous and humbling, about conducting research in Toronto and abroad, as well across the disciplines of engineering and philosophy. Robert suggests we develop an orientation of success rather than a definition, and an observational one, at that. What if instead of constantly thinking of legacy making in our pursuit of growth, we took a step back to just marvel at how cool existing can be?
Introducing Robert Adragna (EngSci Machine Intelligence 2T0, Current Masters Candidate @ University of Toronto Department of Philosophy)
Robert graduated from the Engineering Science Program in the Machine Intelligence Option with a minor in Philosophy in 2020. During his undergraduate years at the University of Toronto, he was the Director of Marketing, Outreach and Social Responsibility and a software developer at auToronto, U of T’s autonomous vehicle design team. He has also conducted research at the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Toronto and internationally at TU Darmstadt in Germany.
Currently, he is a Master’s Student in Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at U of T.
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Music By : Zen_Man