robots
The pizza giant Domino’s partners with a Silicon Valley startup to start delivering pizza by robots.
This MIT robot solves it faster than any human ever could. It’s a world record.
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Our clever human hands may soon be outdone.
New computing theory allows artificial intelligences to store memories.
If A.I.s are as smart as mice or dogs, do they deserve the same rights?
Discover the peril and potential of an automated robotic world.
Even if the company call pull it off, are Americans ready to trust fully autonomous cars?
An innovation may lead to lifelike evolving machines.
“Think R2D2,” Walmart wrote in a press release. Others are thinking “layoffs.”
A guaranteed basic income is an old solution to a new problem of labor automation.
Study looks at who/what they prefer learning from
Human values evolve. So how will we raise virtuous A.I.s?
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What if consciousness isn’t all about the brain?
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The Russian robot named “Boris”, promoted as hi-tech by state tv, was revealed to be an actor.
Future or extraterrestrial civilizations could create megastructures the size of a solar system.
The researchers created a special polymer that can make robots repair themselves.
Notice anything different? The biggest ideas of the 21st century just got a makeover.
A sobering thought to anyone laughing off the thought of robot overlords.
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At the dawn of the AI era, where decisions made now could affect the future of mankind, regulation over tech giants is needed now more than ever.
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Miles away from the site of the site of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in South Korea, eight teams raced skiing robots down a mountain for a chance to win $10,000.
This remarkable breakthrough is sure to usher in a new generation of robots.
A.I. will bring a series of social and financial changes, and it will force us to confront a problem we’ve been avoiding for much too long, says Joscha Bach.
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Some experts take issue with Elon Musk’s frightening warning about AI taking over.
Everything is cheap and nobody has jobs. Welcome to the future. President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas fills us in on how we got here.
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Job automation will need to strike a delicate balance — we want enough to make our lives more comfortable, but no more than that.rn
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Philosopher Daniel Dennett believes AI should never become conscious — and no, it’s not because of the robopocalypse.
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What did Nikola Tesla or Bertrand Russell think of fewer working hours? Can a good life only come from work — and if so how much of it, and what kind?
Bill Gates proposes an ingenious solution to the job losses from the coming automation.
One day this century, a robot of super-human intelligence will offer you the chance to upgrade your mind, says AGI expert Ben Goertzel. Will you take it?
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