Moravec‘s Paradox

If elected, the Green Party of Canada will enact a robot tax that will get companies to pay a tax every time it replaces a human with a machine. The tax would be equivalent to the income tax that the laid-off employee would pay. GPC Leader Elizabeth May sai…

Share to facebookShare to twitterShare to linkedin Why your next job interview will be with a robot. Coming to a cubicle near you: robot co-workers. These are the sort of attention-grabbing headlines that spark panic in …

By Colonel Walter Frank Coppersmith With the arrival of autonomous weapons systems (AWS) on the 21st century battlefield, the nature of warfare is poised for dramatic change. Overseen by artificial intelligence (AI), fueled by terabytes of data and ope…

Image credit – Peter Means/Virginia Tech As realistic as some robots can look, it can be obvious that they are still robots namely due to their movements which can come across looking unnatural. This is because unlike humans, robots do not possess the muscle…

Nothing beats getting stuck in the slow-lane for the self-checkout machine or in the endless loop of an automated phone system that keeps disconnecting youto underline how much more convenient interacting with a real person can be. While automation s…

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Share to facebookShare to twitterShare to linkedin Chaos is what happens when you have an active shooter situation, as they are unpredictable and can happen quickly. In the middle of all the chaos, anyone or anything that …

Autoblow was started back in 2008 with its first eponymous product that sought to mechanically simulate oral sex. Creator Brian Sloan went on to crowdfund backing for the Autoblow 2 in 2014, with additional campaigns for two more hardware revisions, the 2+ in…

Share to facebookShare to twitterShare to linkedin Between 2018 and 2019, organizations that have deployed artificial intelligence (AI) grew from 4% to 14%, according to Gartners 2019 CIO Agenda survey.Con…

Amazon takes the stage Wednesday to show us the latest hardware and software for Alexa, its digital assistant. CNET For the third year in a row, Amazon has something up its sleeve in September. Two years ago, the online megaretailer invited the tech press t…