Moravec‘s Paradox

The titular narrator of Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro’s new novel, is a robot. This isn’t spoiler—this revelation comes early in the book. Klara is an Artificial Friend, a lifelike but nevertheless mechanical companion for children: amalgam of sibling, plaything, and nursemaid. When we meet her, she’s inventory in…

After decades of legal disputes, the influential anime and film series “Macross” will be released worldwide for the first time. If the name sounds familiar, it’s better known in western markets by the title of its American remake “Robotech”. Like many other cartoons from the 1980s, including “Battle of the…

This Optimus Prime can transform, walk and drive all by itself Hasbro has a wild new Optimus Prime Transformers toy that can walk, drive and transform all by itself. The toy-maker joined forces with China-based Robosen Robotics to make Optimus Prime, a $699 USD (roughly $875.81 CAD) collectors edition toy.…

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The products discussed here were independently chosen by our editors. GameSpot may get a share of the revenue if you buy anything featured on our site. Now you can spend more than a PS5 or Xbox Series X on an Optimus Prime figure that transforms itself. Hasbro announced the high-tech…

look at all those smiles! You'd like to help them keep smiling...wouldn't you?Folks, I'm copy/pasting @thatpinguino's lovely forum post to make sure it's on the homepage and everyone knows that this weekend is the Community Endurance Run! We'll be live all weekend, starting after UPF! Abby has some plans to…

Boston Dynamics robotic dog Spot was one of several robots tested by the French army during training sessions at a military school in the northwest of France, The Verge and France Ouest have reported. It was used during a two-day training session with the aim of "measuring the added value…

Level E Research, the Edinburgh based leader in artificial intelligence (AI) investment solutions, has just closed a seed funding round raising £1.2m from a group of private investors, including leading figures in the investment management industry. The business, founded by Dr Sonia Schulenburg in 2018, combines machine learning, data science…

Underwater view of a metasurface consisting of gold nanorods © Aurélian John-Herpin / 2021 EPFL Using metasurfaces, infrared light and artificial intelligence, EPFL scientists have come up with AI-powered nanosensors that can observe all major biomolecule classes of the nanoworld without disturbing them. Hatice Altug, the head of the Bionanophotonic…

by Robert Zubrin — April 7, 2021 The live NASA TV broadcast of the Mars Perseverance rover's Feb. 18 landing is displayed in New York's Times Square. Credit: NASA/Emma Howells The key is developing a 10-ton lander The triumphant landing of the Perseverance rover has inspired all Americans, and indeed…