Moravec‘s Paradox

What do birds get up to at night? It was a simple question that puzzled scientists for hundreds of years. There were wild theories that birds went underwater, or immersed themselves in mud. In the 19th century, a German stork was found with an African spear through its neck, providing…

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Baroness rides a tanked-up Megatron in a new Hasbro release.Image: Hasbro Though Hasbro has yet to let the incredibly malleable world of Transformers really shine on the big screen, the opposite is the case on toy shelves. We’ve seen Transformers figures mash-up with Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, Top Gun,…

Live now and running for five weeks. Hot on the heels of last week's combat-focussed new Sentinel update, No Man's Sky is ready to embark on its latest limned-time Expedition event - this one offering a "gentle-paced" jaunt giving players the chance to unlock their own quadrupedal robotic companion. Expeditions, if…

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Using an image of a destination as reference, in this case, the house at the other side of the field, and "priors" about how to navigate overland on various kinds of terrain, gathered from hours of filmed video, an unmanned vehicle navigates nearly two miles on its own to reach…

By Emma Hart Ruby Fresson ROBOTS have come a long way in the century since Czech writer Karel Čapek used the word to describe artificial automata. Once largely confined to factories, they are now found everywhere from the military and medicine to education and underground rescue. People have created robots…

The California Superior Court in Sacramento has ruled in favor of Waymo, allowing the company to keep specific details about its autonomous vehicle technology a secret. Waymo won the case against the California Department of Motor Vehicles, which it sued back in January to prevent the agency from disclosing what…

February 21, 2022, Virginia Beach, VA―  Inbox Suite’s representative is joining the TES Affiliate Conference that’s taking place on February 23-26, 2022, in Sitges/Barcelona. This creates an opportunity for participants to meet in person and discuss how artificial intelligence can help with their email marketing efforts. Inbox Suite, an innovative…

Welcome back! The US Copyright Office (USCO) is again refusing to grant copyright for a work of art that was created by an artificial intelligence system. Dr. Stephen Thaler attempted to copyright a piece of art titled A Recent Entrance to Paradise, claiming in a second request for reconsideration of…