Archive for the ‘robotics/AI’ category: Page 2312
Dec 27, 2015
These Robots Learn New Tasks
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: internet, robotics/AI
In the “RoboWatch” project at Cornell, researchers let robots search the Internet for online how-to videos to instruct themselves on how to complete certain tasks.
Cornell researchers are using instructional videos off the Internet to teach robots the step-by-step instructions required to perform certain tasks. This ability may become necessary in a future where menial laborer robots – the ones responsible for mundane tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and other household chores – can readily carry out such tasks.
Dec 27, 2015
10 Robots That Are Gunning For Your Job
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: robotics/AI
Dec 25, 2015
Think-tank dismisses leading AI researchers as luddites
Posted by Amnon H. Eden in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, transportation
‘In a surprisingly polemic report, ITIF think-tank president Robert Atkinson misinterprets this growing altruistic focus of AI researchers as innovation-stifling “Luddite-induced paranoia.”’
The report released by the ITIF think tank suffers from many problems. It accuses Elon Musk in risking research in the “cars that Google and TESLA are testing”, missing entirely the irony. IMHO, the nomination is not the product of research in what Nick Bostrom, Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates, & Elon Musk actually say.
Each year, the ITIF produces a list of 10 groups they think are holding back technological progress with their annual Luddite award. This year, they included researchers who support AI safety research and autonomous weapons bans, and they called out Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Stephen Hawking by name. The ITIF doesn’t seem to see the irony of calling Elon Musk a luddite despite just landing a rocket, launching auto-piloted electric cars and investing in a $1Bn AI-startup. Read the response written by Stuart Russell and Max Tegmark:
Dec 25, 2015
Rise of the Machines: Chinese TV Employs AI as Weatherman
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: robotics/AI
Watch out, news anchors! Chatbot #Xiaoice was upgraded to a weather forecaster. #AI Shanghai Dragon TV.
Dec 25, 2015
Next Tech: What Happens When Cars Drive Themselves?
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Self-driving cars could mean a lot of free time for drivers.
We won’t have to drive soon, so what’re we going to do in cars? Nissan has an answer: http://voc.tv/1P6L9zh
Dec 24, 2015
The Year In Car Tech
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
From autonomous cars to see-through semi trucks, car technology innovated at blazing speeds this year. http://voc.tv/1P6L9zh
Dec 22, 2015
These robots will handwrite your holiday cards
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: robotics/AI
How bad is your handwriting? A startup from NYC has made a robot that can write your holiday cards — legibly.
Full video » http://cnnmon.ie/1S6oFhX w/ Bond.
Dec 22, 2015
The Robot Cars Quietly Get Closer, The Noise They Make Will Change The World
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
With a reported tie-up between Google’s self-driving car efforts and the automaker Ford, the era of autonomous vehicles is getting closer. The impact is likely to shake up the balance of power in the global auto industry and among the technology elite. At stake is nothing less than trillions of dollars.
Dec 21, 2015
What Happens When Artificial Intelligence Makes MAGIC: THE GATHERING Cards
Posted by Sean Cusack in categories: innovation, robotics/AI
The are over 13,000 Magic: The Gathering cards, each of which fits uniquely into an incredibly rich, decades-old world of lore, rules, tokens, and tournaments. It takes years to master the game, and even then a new set of cards comes every few months to shake things up.
That’s why it’s wonderful to see what kinds of innovation and oddity a days old artificial intelligence can come up with.
I’m sorry…What does morph do again?
