Kim Kardashian introduces Tesla’s humanoid robot, Optimus, to her social media followers, sparking widespread online reactions. The playful interactions, including a game of rock-paper-scissors, showcase the robot’s impressive capabilities.
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Alien Civilizations May Have Already Formed a New Kind of AI-Based Consciousness, Scientists Say
We may not be the only beings in the universe who use artificial intelligence. That’s according to some astronomers who say that an intelligent civilization anywhere in the cosmos would develop this tool naturally over the course of their cultural evolution.
After 13.8 billion years of existence, life has likely sprung up countless times throughout the cosmos. According to the Drake Equation, which calculates the probability of an existing, communicating civilization, there are currently an estimated 12,500 such intelligent alien societies in the Milky Way Galaxy alone. And if there are aliens who think in a way that we do, and created cultures that developed technology like us, then they probably invented a form of artificial intelligence, too, scientists say.
Assuming AI has been an integral part of intelligent societies for thousands or even millions of years, experts are increasingly considering the possibility that artificial intelligence may have grown to proportions we can scarcely imagine on Earth. Life in the universe may not only be biological, they say. AI machine-based life may dominate many extraterrestrial civilizations, according to a burgeoning theory among astrobiologists.
Ed Boyden — The Future of Humanity | Xapiens Symposium
This is the first symposium of Xapiens at MIT — “The Future of Homo Sapiens”
The future of our species will be majorly influenced by the technical advancements and ethical paradigm shifts over the next several decades. Artificial intelligence, neural enhancement, gene editing, solutions for aging and interplanetary travel, and other emerging technologies are bringing sci-fi’s greatest ideas to reality.
Sponsored by the MIT media lab and the MIT mcgovern institute of brain research.
Full Agenda:
- Openings remarks from Joe Paradiso — https://youtu.be/9bG40ySgE8I
A.W Dreyfoos Professor and Associate Academic Head of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT Director of the Responsive Environments Group.
- Pattie Maes — https://youtu.be/b-16PW9RvJc.
Human-robot cooperative piano playing hits the high note at AI conference
A musical robot that can play the piano alongside a human, creating a harmonic accompaniment in real time, has won an award at the Center for Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence (CHIA) Conference 2024.
RTX’s Raytheon awarded U.S. Army contract for wireless power beaming technology
Work is being conducted as part of a…
Technology will extend operational reach and counter autonomous systems
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army to work on directed energy wireless power beaming capabilities that will distribute power across the battlefield, simplify logistics, and safeguard locations for U.S. troops.
Work is being conducted as part of a larger effort under the Department of Defense’s Operational Energy Strategy. Under the contract, Raytheon’s Advanced Technology team will develop advanced wireless power transmitter and receiver technologies to enable a long-range demonstration in line with the needs of U.S. Army manned and unmanned system requirements.
AI is fast. AI is smart. But is it safe?
Computer science expert Kristian Hammond discusses Northwestern’s Center for Advancing Safety of Machine Intelligence and its efforts in making AI more responsible.
Computer scientist Kristian Hammond says the Center for Advancing Safety of Machine Intelligence is working to develop the kinds of guardrails that will help us use AI for a bigger and better impact on the world without compromising our well-being. Photo by Jonah Elkowitz.