Moravec‘s Paradox

If you were to poll the computing industry today for “most hyped technology of our times,” I posit that artificial intelligence would easily top the list. And with good reason—the last decade of progress in AI has been exciting for sure. But the impact of that innovation follows the William…

Empire of Silver by Jin Xu Jin Xu’s book was originally published in Chinese in 2017 but first published in translation this year. It’s about the importance of silver to the Chinese economy, but also a guide to the precious metal’s role in Chinese diplomacy, the rise and fall of…

Geely and Waymo cooperate to develop robotaxi Geely’s premium electric vehicle (EV) brand Zeekr will cooperate with Google’s self-driving car unit Waymo to develop robotaxi in the United States. The robotaxi is designed and developed by Zeekr’s factory in Sweden, integrating Waymo’s unmanned driving technology. Waymo has already launched robotaxi…

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Scientists in China have reportedly developed an artificial intelligence program able to file criminal charges.  The artificial intelligence “prosecutor” is given a verbal definition of a case and then decides whether or not to file charges, per BizPacReview.  The prosecutor files charges with a 97 percent accuracy rate and was…

Netflix The trailer has been released for “City of Lost Children” and “Amelie” director Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s new Netflix sci-fi comedy film “BigBug”. The story unfolds in a quiet residential neighbourhood in 2050 and follows four people whose domestic robots take them hostage during a robot uprising. Locked together, a not-quite-so-blended…

In 2008, Nextbigfuture wrote how a massive technological transformation was possible even without greater than human-level general artificial intelligence or molecular nanotechnology. I proposed that a mundane technological singularity without super-technology could transform the world. A lot of systems and processes would have to be redesigned. The mundane singularity could…

When Hongzhi Gao was young, he lived with his family in Gansu, a province located in the center of northern China by the Tengger Desert. Thinking back to his childhood, he recalls the constant, steady wind of dirt outside their house, and that during most months of the year it…

At this time, the solar system was still relatively crowded despite its vast size. And over the next 20 million or so years, many planetesimals crossed paths and collided. Some merged and grew into even larger protoplanets, eventually forming what became the familiar planets we know today. In each of…

Ecovacs Amazon has what may very well be the final robot vacuum sale of 2021. The online retailer has solid deals on three Ecovacs robot vacuums. These deals won’t arrive before Christmas, but they should get there before the New Year. The deals end just before midnight on Thursday evening,…