Should we ban sex robots while we have the chance? | Jenny Kleeman

“AI sex dolls are on their way, with potentially sinister social consequences. So before they hit the market, we must ask whether they should,” writes robotics expert Jenny Kleeman.   People are blowing a fuse about sex robots or rather, rape robots. Journalists from the New Statesman and the New York Times among others have […]

Elon Musk leads 116 experts calling for outright ban of killer robots

Open letter signed by Tesla chief and Googles Mustafa Suleyman urges UN to block use of lethal autonomous weapons to prevent third age of war. Some of the world’s leading robotics and artificial intelligence pioneers are calling on the United Nations to ban the development and use of killer robots. Tesla’s Elon Musk and Alphabet’s […]

South Korea could be the first country in the world to implement a ‘robot tax’

Image: AP/REX/Shutterstock Amid fears about robots replacing human jobs, South Korea could become the first country in the world to introduce a “robot tax.” A new proposal could see the country reduce the amount of tax benefits for companies that invest in automated machinery. SEE ALSO: Bill Gates is another smart guy who is terrified […]

Watch this robot from Boston Dynamics totally eat it during demo

A robot fail usually sends shockwaves throughout the Internet, but a Boston Dynamics demo that went awry last month is just now getting a reaction. SEE ALSO: The creepiest videos from the robotics company Google just sold At the annual Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders at UMass Lowell, Boston Dynamics presented its humanoid […]

Artificial intelligence: self-aware NAO robots – UTV Ireland

Adobe Illustrator vs Artificial Intelligence Image by Viktor Hertz A mash-up of the film ‘A.I’ by Steven Spielberg, and the software program Adobe Illustrator. Available as poster and other prints here: www.redbubble.com/people/hertzen/art/5345983-2-artificial… Artificial intelligence: self-aware NAO robots – UTV Ireland From the Terminator movie franchise to the Matrix trilogy, artificial intelligence (AI) has been used […]