As creatures and machines meld together in increasingly advanced forms, ethicists are starting to take note.
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Meta and NYU’s robot can navigate and clean rooms it’s never seen before.
We may be on the brink of finally seeing human-level intelligence in an AI — thanks to robots.
NASA gave three robots plans for a moon shelter, and the robots figured out how to build it.
In the international competition, people with physical disabilities put state-of-the-art devices to the test as they race to complete the tasks of everyday life.
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Modern robotics are creating a kind of cultural paradox, where the best religion is the one that eventually involves no humans at all.
The brain-computer interface will be tested in a six-year trial in patients with quadriplegia.
Named “Phoenix,” this AI-powered humanoid could be your next coworker.
Implanting machine components into human bodies, argues one scholar, could make for a better society.
Our “embodied minds” suggest an eventual escape from mortality via computer is unlikely.
Wherever automation rises, religiosity falls.
The robot can drive heavy steal beams into the ground at a rate of 1 per 73 seconds, which will help expedite solar farm construction.
Sophia, the humanoid robot, is not just mirroring emotions; she’s leading a revolution in emotional intelligence.
HaptX gloves provide high-fidelity touch feedback of virtual spaces (and they look cool, too).
Robots must identify themselves.
In history, every major technological advance has been used, for good and bad.
From cosmetic procedures to heart operations, the introduction of AI will create an ethical minefield.
“Lethal autonomous weapon” sounds friendlier than “killer robot.”
“How long someone thinks about [a] problem is a really good proxy of how humans behave.”
“What happens if you incorporate an AI? It’s now a legal person, and it can make decisions by itself. So you start having legal persons in the U.S., which are not human, and in many ways are more intelligent than us.”
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Google’s “Genie” could be used to create a wide range of interactive environments for more than just games.
More than any other nation, Japan tends to feel comfortable with the idea of humanoid robots entering the home.
New tech is a double-edged sword. Integration can be expensive and perilous: Mess up the adoption and jobs are on the line.
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Generative AI is arriving fast — both overtly and covertly — and without solid L&D guidance leaders and teams will be hobbled, argues Matt Beane.
Once students master the basics of math, they are allowed to use calculators. The same should be true of writing and ChatGPT.
To what extent will our psychological vulnerabilities shape our interactions with emerging technologies?
This biologist built a living robot from frog cells — and it could hold the key to the future of regenerative medicine.
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