Life on Mars won’t be how David Bowie pictured it. With the help of artificial intelligence, architects and scientists are painting a picture of what life in space could be like and how it will be possible.
Neon, Samsung’s AI-powered avatar is world’s first ‘Artificial Human’
World’s first ‘Artificial Human’ – Neon – was introduced by Samsung backed Star Labs at CES 2020. This is the latest entry in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) world. Star Labs demonstrated six Neon avatars that can converse, sympathize like real human beings. Neon runs on propriety technology platform Core R3 which stands for Reality, Realtime and Responsiveness. Neon is the brainchild of CEO and President of Star Labs Pranav Mistry.
Love, Art and Stories: Decoded | The Age of A.I. (S1, E4)
What is love and what defines art? Humans have theorized, debated, and argued over these questions for centuries. As researchers become closer and closer to boiling these concepts down to a science, A.I. projects become closer to becoming alternatives for romantic companions and artists in their own right. The Age of A.I. is a 8 part documentary series hosted by Robert Downey Junior covering the ways Artifial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Neural Networks will change the world.
Shortcuts to Artificial Intelligence — a Tale
The way we do Artificial Intelligence has emerged over the years, as the result of various shortcuts we took, to bypass difficult problems. The behavior of the current AI systems, including some concerning aspects, is due to those choices.
Should we rely on black-boxes that learn to imitate narrowly certain human behaviors?
Should we train them on examples obtained from the wild-web?
Should machines observe user choices to decide what they really want? And if we answer no, what other method should we use?
Killer Robots Will Fight Our Wars: Can They Be Trusted?
Although the idea of killer robots may sound terrifying, experts like Paul Scharre are working to ensure that our worst, science-fiction nightmares don’t become a reality in the future of war. Scharre is the Director of the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. He suggests that answering questions, such as whether or not a robot could make morally sound decisions, will help us find a humane way to move forward with the advancement of autonomous weapons. The issue with completely taking humans out of the loop, and giving killer robots free rein, boils down to the importance of our humanity. Our ability to feel and evaluate complex situations, using human judgment and moral understanding, is not something that an artificial intelligence can easily learn.
Nick Bostrom on Superintelligence and the Future of AI
Beyond the brains of even the most intelligent human beings lies artificial superintelligence, which will have the potential to grow infinitely intelligent at an unbelievable rate. Most experts agree that we could see the development of superintelligence in our lifetimes, and we’re hopeful for positive outcomes, such as a cure for cancer. On the flipside though, the future of AI also has the potential to pose serious threats to humanity. Nick Bostrom, a philosopher and expert on AI ethics, is attempting to fathom the unfathomable so the human race can be ready. See the full article on the dangers and future of AI here: https://www.freethink.com/shows/upris…
South Korea announces ambitious plan into robotics industry
South Korea recently announced a 300-million-dollar research and development plan for the robotics industry. It’s part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. But independent studies estimate 800 million people could be displaced globally by automation and the rise of artificial intelligence in the next decade. And as Joseph Kim reports, in a high-tech economy such as South Korea, the transition could be devastating to the workforce.
Robots are dead – long live the Robots – SingularityNET and Hanson Robotics
Sophia the Robot and Philip K. Dick are joined on the Web Summit mainstage by Dr David Hanson from Hanson robotics and Dr Ben Goertzel from SingularityNET, where they discuss the advances in social AI and robotics at the Summit 2019 in Lisbon.
How robotics (and AI) are changing how we work and live | TECH(talk)
Robotics and AI play increasingly important roles in a variety of industries and no, they’re not here to take over mankind. Keith Shaw, editor-in-chief of Robotics Business Review, joins Ken Mingis and Juliet Beauchamp to discuss the state of robotics in the enterprise. Currently, robots are good at highly specific tasks. But we’re not far away from drones, autonomous vehicles and surgical robots becoming critical parts of daily life.
Robotics: Crash Course AI #11
Robots aren’t like humans who can do a lot of different things. They’re designed for very specific tasks like vacuuming our homes, assembling cars in a factory, or exploring the surface of other planets. So even though it may be a while before we have a general household robot that can do it all, robots are still really important because they can do some things incredibly well even better than humans. So today, we’re going to take a look at the role of AI in overcoming three key challenges in the field of robotics: localization, planning, and manipulation.