Robotics/AI – Lifeboat News: The Blog

We’re in the midst of a jobs crisis, and rapid advances in AI and other technologies may be one culprit. How can we get better at sharing the wealth that technology creates?

Sep 3
2016

Scientists look at how A.I. will change our lives by 2030

By the year 2030, artificial intelligence (A.I.) will have changed the way we travel to work and to parties, how we take care of our health and how our kids are educated.

That’s the consensus from a panel of academic and technology experts taking part in Stanford University’s One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence.

Focused on trying to foresee the advances coming to A.I., as well as the ethical challenges they’ll bring, the panel yesterday released its first study.

Sep 3
2016

Who was Alan Turing?

Excellent marathon runner, A.I. pioneer or outstanding scientist: who was Alan Turing? Read more here 👉 http://bit.ly/1USRuOF

Sep 3
2016

Anthrobotics: Where The Human Ends and the Robot Begins

The Anthrobotics Cluster seeks to start conversations (and answer questions) regarding some of the biggest topics in AI research. Here, Luis de Miranda, one of the founders, discusses anthrobots and the relationship between humans and machines.

Technology is accelerating at an ever increasing rate. Each year, we develop smaller and smarter systems…systems that allow us to interact with information in ways that previous eras only dreamed about. In fact, given their ability to process, identify, and categorize information—and their uncanny ability to synthesize information and make judgments—many of our systems seem to be developing a true form of intelligence. In this respect, it seems that the dawning age of AI is truly upon us.

But what does this mean?

Sep 3
2016

Robot “employees” coming to select Lowe’s this fall

Friday, Sep 2, 2016 4:35 PM UTC

Robot “employees” coming to select Lowe’s this fall.

The “LoweBot” will be able to direct customers around the store, and check up on employees within it VIDEO.