robots
Robot pizza delivery coming later this year from Domino’s
The pizza giant Domino's partners with a Silicon Valley startup to start delivering pizza by robots.
MIT robot solves Rubik’s Cube in world record time: 0.38 seconds
This MIT robot solves it faster than any human ever could. It's a world record.
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New MIT-developed glove teaches A.I.-based robots to ‘identify’ everyday objects
Our clever human hands may soon be outdone.
Hyperdimensional computing discovered to help AI robots create memories
New computing theory allows artificial intelligences to store memories.
Why A.I. robotics should have the same ethical protections as animals
If A.I.s are as smart as mice or dogs, do they deserve the same rights?
It’s the age of automation and the robots are coming. But for what?
Discover the peril and potential of an automated robotic world.
Elon Musk promises fleet of 1 million Tesla ‘robotaxis’ in 2020
Even if the company call pull it off, are Americans ready to trust fully autonomous cars?
Scientists create a ‘lifelike’ material that has metabolism and can self-reproduce
An innovation may lead to lifelike evolving machines.
Why Walmart is adding thousands of robots to U.S. stores
"Think R2D2," Walmart wrote in a press release. Others are thinking "layoffs."
Alan Watts was overzealous in his basic income prediction — but he wasn’t wrong
A guaranteed basic income is an old solution to a new problem of labor automation.
In VR, boys and girls learn differently
Study looks at who/what they prefer learning from
How to be a good parent to artificial intelligence
Human values evolve. So how will we raise virtuous A.I.s?
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Consciousness, panpsychism, and AGI: What is it like to be a hat?
What if consciousness isn't all about the brain?
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“Hi-tech” Russian robot turns out to be a man in a suit
The Russian robot named "Boris", promoted as hi-tech by state tv, was revealed to be an actor.
Matrioshka Brain: How advanced civilizations could reshape reality
Future or extraterrestrial civilizations could create megastructures the size of a solar system.
New self-healing technology makes robots more human-like
The researchers created a special polymer that can make robots repair themselves.
Have you seen the new Big Think?
Notice anything different? The biggest ideas of the 21st century just got a makeover.
Superintelligence: How A.I. will overcome humans
A sobering thought to anyone laughing off the thought of robot overlords.
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Creation without consequence: How Silicon Valley made a hot mess of progress
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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Skiing robots get their own Winter Olympics on South Korean mountain
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.
These Soft Robots Have Super Strength, Cost Less Than a Dollar, and Are Built in Minutes
This remarkable breakthrough is sure to usher in a new generation of robots.
Get paid to be a good human being? That’s the future AI will deliver
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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Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg Spar Over How Dangerous AI Really Is
Some experts take issue with Elon Musk’s frightening warning about AI taking over.
Want to Retain American Jobs? Stop Blaming Globalization
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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Hey Bill Nye! Will We All Lose Our Jobs to Robots?
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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AI is evolving on its own. Does that make it dangerous?
Philosopher Daniel Dennett believes AI should never become conscious — and no, it's not because of the robopocalypse.
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The Philosophical Arguments For a Shorter Work Week
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: the Robot Taking Your Job Should Pay Taxes
Bill Gates proposes an ingenious solution to the job losses from the coming automation.
AI Will Surpass Human Ability Before the Century Is Over
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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