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Moravec‘s Paradox

A.I. is ‘seizing the master key of civilization’ and we ‘cannot afford to lose,’ warns ‘Sapiens’ author Yuval Harari Moravec‘s Paradox

A.I. is ‘seizing the master key of civilization’ and we ‘cannot afford to lose,’ warns ‘Sapiens’ author Yuval Harari

Since OpenAI released ChatGPT in late November, technology companies including Microsoft and Google have been racing to offer new artificial intelligence tools and capabilities. But where is that race leading?  Historian Yuval Hararia—author of Sapiens, Homo Deus, and Unstoppable Us—believes that when it comes to “deploying humanity’s most consequential technology,”…
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March 24, 2023
Levi’s will ‘supplement’ human models with AI-generated fakes Moravec‘s Paradox

Levi’s will ‘supplement’ human models with AI-generated fakes

Levi’s is partnering with an AI company on computer-generated fashion models to “supplement human models.” The company frames the move as part of a “digital transformation journey” of diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability. Although that sounds noble on the surface, Levi’s is essentially hiring a robot to generate the appearance…
bubmag
March 24, 2023
Video Friday: Lunar Base Moravec‘s Paradox

Video Friday: Lunar Base

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Robotics Summit & Expo: 10–11 May 2023, BOSTONICRA 2023: 29…
bubmag
March 24, 2023
Kuehne+Nagel increases Decathlon’s logistics capacity in Latam by 30% Moravec‘s Paradox

Kuehne+Nagel increases Decathlon’s logistics capacity in Latam by 30%

Santiago, Chile – WEBWIRE – Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - Expansion of the regional partnership with the French sports retailer in Chile - New Santiago Fulfilment Center with state-of-the-art robotics enables productivity to be tripled in omnichannel order pickin Kuehne+Nagel, one of the world’s leading logistics companies, has signed a…
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March 22, 2023
Artificial Intelligence Helped Make the Coolest Song You’ve Heard This Week Moravec‘s Paradox

Artificial Intelligence Helped Make the Coolest Song You’ve Heard This Week

SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify Transcript Allison Parshall: This is Scientific American’s Science, Quickly. I’m Allison Parshall. I’m going to play you a song. And I’m willing to bet good money that you’ve never heard anything like it before. Parshall: So listening to this for the first time, I was intrigued and also baffled.…
bubmag
March 22, 2023
(VIDEO) Built Robotics develops fully autonomous pile-driving system for solar energy farm installation Moravec‘s Paradox

(VIDEO) Built Robotics develops fully autonomous pile-driving system for solar energy farm installation

Built Robotics, inventor of the exosystem for autonomous trenching, has introduced the RPD 35: the world's first fully autonomous solar piling system. With the RPD 35, Built Robotics says that utility-scale solar foundations can be constructed up to five times faster than with traditional means and methods. Piling is a…
bubmag
March 21, 2023