#431587 Atlas Jumped (not Shrugged)!

Jumping Jack Atlas! Is it just me, or does this jumping, backflipping, humanoid robot scare the living daylights out of me?

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#431641 Elon Musk: Say ‘Sweet ...

Elon Musk has once again sounded the alarm about killer robots, this time in response to a video of a humanoid robot doing a backflip.
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#431593 Toyota’s Humanoid T-HR3

Meet Toyota’s 3rd-generation T-HR3 robot, that mimic human movements via virtual reality!

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#431603 What We Can Learn From the Second Life ...

For every new piece of technology that gets developed, you can usually find people saying it will never be useful. The president of the Michigan Savings Bank in 1903, for example, said, “The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty—a fad.” It’s equally easy to find people raving about whichever new technology is at the peak of the Gartner Hype Cycle, which tracks the buzz around these newest developments and attempts to temper predictions. […] Continue Reading…

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#431599 8 Ways AI Will Transform Our Cities by ...

How will AI shape the average North American city by 2030? A panel of experts assembled as part of a century-long study into the impact of AI thinks its effects will be profound.
The One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence is the brainchild of Eric Horvitz, technical fellow and a managing director at Microsoft Research.
Every five years a panel of experts will assess the current state of AI and its future directions. The first panel, comprised of experts in […] Continue Reading…

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