Chronicling Robots Since 2011
Last year, a leading group of academics and AI scientists called for a complete ban on “offensive autonomous weapons beyond meaningful human control.” The letter was signed by more than 20,000 people, including such luminaries as Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, Stuart Russell, Max Tegmark, and Toby Walsh. The initiative was also endorsed by many human rights groups and is … Read more
Last night, I watched ABC’s primetime showing of BattleBots, with my 15 year old son. While this show is billed as the ultimate bot reality TV, it is more about the builders’ backstories than the mechanical fighters. However, we do not have to wait too long for “Real Steel” to come to life, as a startup called MegaBots has just … Read more
Earlier this week, Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak suggested that Robots will make humans their pets, as he has no doubt artificial intelligence will take over the world. His paranoia comes on the heels of warnings by Elon Musk and Steven Hawking. Human pets? Just the contrary, robots are now our service dogs. This week in … Read more
This past weekend box office hit (even with 29 rotten tomatoes) was the adorable robot, Chappie. As observed by Gary Marcus of the New Yorker, Chappie takes his inspiration from real life artificial intelligence from iCub to Rodney Brook’s Baxter. The big question being asked by everyone from Elon Musk to car insurance companies, are robots able to … Read more