Moravec‘s Paradox

Machine Learning (ML) is a type of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in which the main principle is that computers can learn and make decisions without relying on human programming. The technology is comprised of data consumption, algorithmic study, analytical mod…

We all know lots of jobs will go away in the next decade or two. When I visited Tesla’s factory this year I noticed about 20% more robots than when I visited last year. Take that trend out a decade or two and we can predict many jobs will go…

For the past fourteen months, our lives and attention spans have been full of knitted robots, intelligent spaceships, living computer programs and living creatures built out of sugar. Although our focus in our new anthology, Mother of Invention, was on the cr…

Check out this roller skating robot that can also ice skate!

SHANGHAI/TOKYO -- The founder of China's most valuable artificial intelligence startup was only half-joking when he asked an MIT audience last year what company they instantly thought of when he said "AI." "Yes, it's SenseTime," quipped Tang Xiao'ou, even th…

In Roanoke County, Virginia, a trip to the public library might include reading, online research, 3D printingand, since last summer, the opportunity to chat with Pepper, a 4-foot-tall humanoid robot who sings, dances and teaches coding classes. The Roanoke C…

A new system uses artificial intelligence and robotics to carry out almost all the steps of chemical synthesis, from planning to execution, with just a little bit of human help (Science 2019, DOI: 10.1126/science.aax1566). Timothy F. Jamison, Klavs F. Jensen,…

Structured Abstract Abstract The synthesis of complex organic molecules requires several stages, from ideation to execution, that require time and effort investment from expert chemists. Here, we report a step toward a paradigm of chemical synthesis that re…

The PHLAIconference is back for its third year: On Aug. 15, join technologists of all levels at the Comcast Technology Center in Center City Philadelphia to catch up on the very latest practical applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning tec…

—We often imagine a future world filled with robots and artificial intelligence agents, where humans share their civilization with sentient beings made out of metals and plastics, that function much like we do. But we could also imagine robots that take the f…