Moravec‘s Paradox

Developed at the Artificial Intelligence Center of the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) from 1966 to 1972, SHAKEY was the worlds first mobile intelligent robot. According to the 2017 IEEE Milestone citation, it could perceive its surroundings, infer implicit…

A US-built drone piloted by artificial intelligence. (Photo by Cristina Young/U.S. Navy via Getty ... Images) 2012 U.S. Navy Artificial intelligence isn't only a consumer and business-centric technology. Yes, companies use AI to automate various tasks, …

The market value of AI in the health care industry is predicted to reach $6.6 billion by 2021. Artificial intelligence is increasingly growing in popularity throughout various industries. Most of us associate AI with things like robots, Alexa and self-driving cars. But AI is a lot more than that. AI…

Home News A manufactured quadruped measuring 650 to 750 microns in diameter — just a little smaller than the head of a pin — was built from amphibian stem cells. (Image: © Douglas Blackiston, Tufts University) What happens when you take cells from frog embryos and grow them into new…

The encroachment of automation and robotics into the workplace has forced us to rethink the way that certain jobs are done, and it has produced anxiety about whether there will be enough jobs in the future for the human workers who need them. So far, much of the attention has…

While underwater remotely-operated vehicles (ROVs) certainly are useful, manually controlling the things via a joystick-equipped console can be quite a painstaking task. That's why researchers have now enabled one to autonomously gather samples from the ocean…

After what I hope was a nice weekend, lets jump right into our tech gems. Which AI Train Are You Riding?  I recently watched a video in which MIT business school professor Thomas Malone offers a refreshing definition of artificial intellige…

The physiologist and coach Jack Daniels once filmed a bunch of runners in stride, then showed the footage to coaches and biomechanists to see if they could eyeball who was the most efficient. “They couldn’t tell,” Daniels later recalled. “No way at all.” Famo…

The world's largest tech show is one of the biggest events in Vegas each year. CNET This story is part of CES 2020, our complete coverage of the showroom floor and the hottest new tech gadgets around. Whoever came up with the slogan, "What happens in Vegas…

Warner Bros. is resolute: the studio will not be letting its new artificial intelligence program take over its movie department. The assurance comes after news broke earlier this week of the studios new deal with the entertainment analytics company Cinelytic…