Oct 15, 2026 · 34 min · 11 segments
Breaking news: AI just got a body. In this episode of Influential Visions, host Nat Schooler sits down with AI Robotics expert and EU Digital Ambassador Nicolas Babin to explore the rapid transition…
Nicolas BabinGuest
Nat SchoolerHost
We're at a stage where, you know, you've got, you've got mine clearance going on with robots.
You've got all sorts of warfare capabilities now that are being shown to the world, where you've got Russia even using a, a laser beam that removes mines from, uh, booby traps and things like this.
So it doesn't take a rocket scientist, does it, to sort of put it all together and say, "Well, hold on a minute.
We're at a, we're at a sort of turning point here, where, you know, it, it can become, you know, quite dangerous quite quickly." And I, and I'm not just saying that because I want the world to panic, right? Because it's not my jam.
What I want is I want people to understand where we are and where we could potentially go.
I mean, are you telling me the Americans are not, are not, are not testing these sorts of robots themselves in their own robot games privately? I mean, I find it hard to believe because there's no way they're gonna let China get ahead i--- in, in my personal opinion.
So here, yes, of course, because we're, we're at a, as you said, and rightfully so, we're at a tipping point where we see more and more robots ha- arriving, and we are in a world that is, uh, in terms of geopolitical, like quite unsure.
So yes, we can see and, and we're in the middle of a change with humanoid robots, which again, you know, even when I launched the first robot 30 years ago, it was part of the, of the, uh, science fiction world because we've had so many science fiction movies, Arnold Schwarzenegger and others, have, have really created this, this notion of like, "Oh- You know, be, be very careful, robots are coming to kill us.
Here, it, it's like any other technologies, we need to be aware that obviously there's a dark side of it, but as far as Europeans are concerned, and you started your, your introduction with that exactly, is the fact that the European Commission is really working towards legisla- finding some legislation, sorry, that will improve the governance and improve the ethics of all this.
So for example, yes, you will always have countries that are a bit, uh, decide to do whatever they want on their side, and we all know which countries are, are therefore to do this.
We're at a stage where, you know, you've got, you've got mine clearance going on with robots.
You've got all sorts of warfare capabilities now that are being shown to the world, where you've got Russia even using a, a laser beam that removes mines from, uh, booby traps and things like this.
So it doesn't take a rocket scientist, does it, to sort of put it all together and say, "Well, hold on a minute.
We're at a, we're at a sort of turning point here, where, you know, it, it can become, you know, quite dangerous quite quickly." And I, and I'm not just saying that because I want the world to panic, right? Because it's not my jam.
What I want is I want people to understand where we are and where we could potentially go.
I mean, are you telling me the Americans are not, are not, are not testing these sorts of robots themselves in their own robot games privately? I mean, I find it hard to believe because there's no way they're gonna let China get ahead i--- in, in my personal opinion.
So here, yes, of course, because we're, we're at a, as you said, and rightfully so, we're at a tipping point where we see more and more robots ha- arriving, and we are in a world that is, uh, in terms of geopolitical, like quite unsure.
So yes, we can see and, and we're in the middle of a change with humanoid robots, which again, you know, even when I launched the first robot 30 years ago, it was part of the, of the, uh, science fiction world because we've had so many science fiction movies, Arnold Schwarzenegger and others, have, have really created this, this notion of like, "Oh- You know, be, be very careful, robots are coming to kill us.
Here, it, it's like any other technologies, we need to be aware that obviously there's a dark side of it, but as far as Europeans are concerned, and you started your, your introduction with that exactly, is the fact that the European Commission is really working towards legisla- finding some legislation, sorry, that will improve the governance and improve the ethics of all this.
So for example, yes, you will always have countries that are a bit, uh, decide to do whatever they want on their side, and we all know which countries are, are therefore to do this.
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