Moravec‘s Paradox

Computer systems must do no harm? ... Ha ha ha... Something for the Weekend, Sir? Greetings from civilisation, for one more day at least. After tonight, I will no longer be a European citizen but an immigrant of indeterminate status. Don't worry, this won't be a Brexit diatribe. I resigned…

Famous weather prognosticator Punxsutawney Phil, the beloved woodchuck who emerges every Groundhog Day to foretell how much more winter to expect, should be retired and replaced by a robot. That’s the plea from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world’s largest animal rights organization, which is trying to…

PETA — or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — is calling on the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club to retire the living, breathing iteration of Punxsutawney Phil. The animal rights organization is, instead, presenting a rather new concept for their review: Replacing the groundhog with an AI robot version of…

HONG KONG/PALO ALTO, U.S. -- From cloud-based artificial intelligence to chatbots and even "nurse robots," Chinese tech companies are deploying their wealth, technological prowess and massive databases to help combat the coronavirus outbreak, which has so far killed 170 people and infected over 7,000 around the country.Ride-hailing company Didi is…

DUBLIN, Jan. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Hyperautomation: A Rule-Based Artificial Intelligence" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.Research and Markets LogoThe key objective of this study is to provide an introductory analysis of the hyperautomation market and its enormous market potential.The goal of the report is to provide an…

Written by Johnson T A | Bengaluru | Published: January 25, 2020 4:00:11 am Vyommitra on display in Bengaluru on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)On Wednesday, Vyommitra, a half-humanoid being developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), announced he…

By: Editorial | Published: January 24, 2020 12:03:26 am Vyomamitra will be executing the pioneering role which has traditionally been given to animals — testing systems for survivability.The first gaganaut to head for space in an Indian craft will not be human, but humanoid. The anthropomorphic robot named Vyomamitra, which…

A sex robot giant's flagship doll was filmed at a top event following a string of artificial intelligence (AI) upgrades. Harmony, produced by RealDoll, was flaunted by engineers at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas. The event began on Wednesday …

A remarkable combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology has produced the world’s first “living robots.” This week, a research team of roboticists and scientists published their recipe for making a new lifeform called xenobots from stem cells. The term “xeno” comes from the frog cells (Xenopus laevis) used to…

Corporate communications teams are building themselves into elite newsrooms on par with some of the world’s best media organizations, and this is happening at a time when content automation, according to recent predictions from the Content Marketing Institute, will be a major trend of 2020. The rise of content marketing…