Dr. Ali Agha, CEO and Co-Founder of FieldAI | Live from HumanX 2026

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Dr. Ali Agha is the CEO and co-founder of FieldAI, where he is building general-purpose "brains" for robots across different forms, environments, and tasks. He has spent nearly two decades in AI autonomy, including years at NASA JPL and research roots at MIT, putting software and intelligence on drones, legged robots, and other platforms. 

Recorded live from the floor of HumanX 2026, this lightning round explores what it takes to bring AI safely into the physical world, where people already live and work.

Ali and host Dan Turchin dig into why reliability is the overlooked challenge of physical AI, why a robot should communicate how confident it is before it acts, and where the line sits between the tasks machines should take on and the ones that should always stay human.

What You'll Learn

Why reliability, not lab demos, is the real test for AI in the physical worldHow robots that measure and share their own uncertainty earn human trust on the job siteWhy the future of robotics is hundreds of specialized form factors, not one humanoidHow FieldAI targets the dirty, dull, and dangerous work to keep people out of harm's wayWhere the boundary sits: the creative, strategic, and human-touch decisions that stay with people

🎙️ Part of our HumanX 2026 compilation series. Listen to the full compilation here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/520474/episodes/19363520

Resources

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LIVE EVENT: 

See how leading enterprises are using agentic AI to give employees back 4–6 productive hours every week. Join PeopleReign CEO Dan Turchin for a live demo on June 25, 2026.

Register here: https://go.peoplereign.io/live-demo-how-agentic-ai-is-being-used-by-global-enterprises