robots
19/06/2025 - 17:59
And yet, we have recently built systems that are smarter than people in many ways, and are able to significantly amplify the output of... →
03/07/2023 - 12:46
Humanoid robots, to be more precise, which SoftBank describes as “kindly, endearing, and surprising.” Each Pepper is equipped with three... →
26/11/2022 - 14:40
It's January 2004 and Nasa is about to land on Mars, twice. The twin Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity are scheduled to arrive on opposite... →
09/10/2022 - 14:44
A number of scientists, philosophers and technology experts at international educational institutions published an article in which they... →
07/02/2020 - 13:16
A now-classic thought experiment illustrating this problem was posed by the Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom in 2003. Bostrom... →
26/11/2019 - 13:57
This normal-looking suburban couple weren’t exactly like other parents. Roy was an AI and robotics expert at MIT, Patel an eminent speech... →
05/06/2019 - 11:57
The square, four-wheeled, winged machine can fly up stairs, roll over rough terrain, flatten itself or raise its body, and quickly move... →
11/05/2019 - 13:21
There’s a concept from philosophy that describes this evolution — it’s called humanity’s expanding moral circle. The circle is the... →
28/10/2018 - 14:23
The talking bot can supposedly identify joy, sadness, anger, and surprise and determine whether a person is in a good or bad mood—abilities... →
16/10/2018 - 12:55
My colleague, who’d come out of a difficult bout of unemployment, simply could not believe that this justified his salary. It took him a... →
30/06/2018 - 13:14
Imagine being refused health insurance - but when you ask why, the company simply blames its risk assessment algorithm. Or if you apply for... →
24/04/2018 - 14:30
A working draft of the bank’s flagship World Development Report – which will urge policy action from governments when it comes out in the... →