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r0B0t: The head of Google's Brain team is more worried about the lack of diversity in artificial intelligence than an AI ... - Recode  

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The head of Google's Brain team is more worried about the lack of diversity in artificial intelligence than an AI ... Recode As some would have it, robots are poised to take over the world in about 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... But one machine-learning expert — who is, after all, in a position to know — thinks that's not the biggest issue facing artificial intelligence. In fact, it's ...

 
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r0B0t: The Future Of Sex Could Be AI Robot Sex Dolls - Forbes  

The Future Of Sex Could Be AI Robot Sex Dolls Forbes There was a scene in the 1993 movie Demolition Man where Officer Huxley (Sandra Bullock, who hasn't aged a minute) asked John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone, who has aged for every minute Bullock hasn't) if he'd like to have sex. Cue the theme song to ... and more »

 
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r0B0t: Robots-as-a-service: New company introduces first 'goods-to-box' warehouse picking system - ZDNet  

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Robots-as-a-service: New company introduces first 'goods-to-box' warehouse picking system ZDNet Today's consumers have come to expect instant gratification, and when they place an order online they expect to get it quickly (otherwise, they'll just shop from a different website next time). ... For ecommerce, items like hang tags hinder automation.

 
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r0B0t: With Human Emotion Recognition AI, MJI's Communication Robot Tapia Can Now Understand Your Emotion - Robotics Tomorrow (press release)  

With Human Emotion Recognition AI, MJI's Communication Robot Tapia Can Now Understand Your Emotion Robotics Tomorrow (press release) ... call centers, and entertainment. With Empath, Tapia can understand human emotion through dialogue with users: joy, calm, sorrow, anger, and vigor. ... "Collaboration with the robot interface using speech recognition technology such as Tapia expands ... and more »

 
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r0B0t: Sex doll makers "putting finishing touches" to artificial intelligence app so they can love you back - Mirror.co.uk  

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Sex doll makers "putting finishing touches" to artificial intelligence app so they can love you back Mirror.co.uk Matt McMullen, CEO of RealDoll, revealed the next step in making the high-end sex toys will be to give them AI to replicate humans more closely than ever. "We are building an AI system which can either be connected to a robotic doll OR experienced in a ... and more »

 
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r0B0t: A brief encounter with Kenny Baker: R2-D2 on fame, fans  and the sad rise of CGI  

The actor behind Star Wars's beloved droid died last weekend. James Innes-Smith remembers a cab ride with the star 10 years ago, in which he spoke of his music-hall roots, being typecast and his fractious relationship with C-3P0

‘Has anyone seen R2-D2?” It's 2005 and I'm pushing my way through a sea of people wielding lightsabers. Leicester Square is festooned with Star Wars paraphernalia for the premiere of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. Amid the screams, I'm struggling to find one of the franchise's most popular stars: Kenny Baker, the man who brought the legendary robot to life.

Baker, who died last weekend at the age of 81, was supposed to be meeting me on the red carpet to arrange an interview. I was featuring him in a book about 1970s variety acts and needed to speak to him before he headed to Huddersfield the following morning for the start of what sounded like a gruelling round of Star Wars conventions.

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r0B0t: Soft wriggling caterpillar robot is controlled by light - Wired.co.uk  

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Soft wriggling caterpillar robot is controlled by light Wired.co.uk Mystery planets and strange orbits: what is lurking in the far reaches of our Solar System? Solar System; 12 Aug 2016. Behind the scenes as Sky gears up to show the new football season in 4K. Behind the scenes as Sky gears up to show the new football ... Researchers unveil light-powered caterpillar robotUPI.com This tiny robotic caterpillar will never become a butterflyTechRadar Tiny light-powered caterpillar robot mimics natural crawl (VIDEO)RT Popular Science -EurekAlert (press release) all 7 news articles »

 
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r0B0t: Artificial Intelligence Swarms Silicon Valley on Wings and Wheels - Asharq Al-awsat English  

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Artificial Intelligence Swarms Silicon Valley on Wings and Wheels Asharq Al-awsat English The new era in Silicon Valley centers on artificial intelligence and robots, a transformation that many believe will have a payoff on the scale of the personal computing industry or the commercial internet, two previous generations that spread ...

 
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r0B0t: Is this the beginning of the end for cab drivers? - Independent Online  

Is this the beginning of the end for cab drivers? Independent Online The software is not advanced enough, while regulators have raised safety concerns and there is uncertainty over whether the public can ever trust robot drivers. These fears increased when 40-year-old Joshua Brown was killed when his self-driving Tesla ... and more »

 
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r0B0t: Sorry, driverless cars are not in your near future  

It's time for some real talk about self-driving cars: they're not coming around any time soon. 

You won't find a bigger fan of the technology than me. I love robots, autonomy and artificial intelligence. I can still remember visiting Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and standing a few feet away from the car that nearly won the DARPA Grand Challenge in 2004. 

But I'm also a realist — and despite recent promises by Uber and Ford, I know that self-driving cars are decades away from becoming a significant part of our lives.

You have to love Ford and its promise of a driverless car by 2021 — a mere five years from now. We're not just talking about an automobile that can drive itself, but one without steering wheel or floor pedals. This is what's known in the world of car autonomy as a Level 5. (Ford actually insists it's a 4, mostly because the car will sometimes follow a mapped out route. Let's agree to disagree and put it at 4.5). Read more...

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r0B0t: We've only explored 0.0001 percent of the ocean, but that's about to change.  

Off the coast of Bermuda, tiny vessels are diving 1,000 feet to research something we know surprisingly little about: the ocean itself. Though the ocean makes up 95 percent of the planet's habitable area, we've explored 0.0001 percent of it.

Nekton, a U.K.-based NGO, launched its first mission in mid-July to finally give us an understanding of the deep sea, using tiny research pods that are reminiscent of goldfish bowls — bowls with robot arms that grab samples from corals and sponges. The Guardian reports that the mission has uncovered new species, large black coral forests, and fossilized beaches.

There's one thing we do know about the deep sea: We're already changing it. Higher temperatures and ocean acidification are starving the deep sea of oxygen and changing how food circulates. That's worrisome, because the deep ocean performs important functions: absorbing heat, regulating carbon, and terrifying us with alien-like creatures (Exhibit A: the blobfish).

Once the Nekton mission is complete, the pods will turn their grabby little arms to the Mediterranean Sea.

Until then, the goings-on of the deep sea remains one of life's greatest mysteries — like how life originated or where your socks disappeared to after that last load of laundry.

Filed under: Article, Business & Technology, Climate & Energy, News, Science

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline We've only explored 0.0001 percent of the ocean, but that's about to change. on August 18, 2016.

 
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r0B0t: A Museum Shaped Like A Giant's Heart  

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter.

Standing in sharp contrast to the more traditional historic architecture of Graz, Austria, the Kunsthaus Graz art museum was designed to break out of the usual white box museum design and it ended up looking like a giant robot/demon heart from the future.

The modern museum was built in 2003 during the time when Graz served as the European Capital of Culture, a roving honor that is awarded to a different European city each year. Rather than install another bland box among the lovely, aging buildings of the city, the designers went in the completely opposite direction, giving the building a more rounded, organic look. It also manages to look completely otherworldly. The bulbous shape and the skylight shafts that protrude from the top of the structure make it look like a metallic monster heart.

The gleaming surface of the museum is also embedded with nearly 1,000 fluorescent rings that can be programmed to create patterns, making the building even more spectacular and strange at night. Much of the structure's power is absorbed by solar panels on the gleaming roof of the building, so it is almost as though it is gaining energy like an actual living being.

While the museum definitely stands out among the rest of Graz's uniformly historic buildings, it is now a beloved landmark of the city, and well worth a visit whether you are a fan of art or just looking to see what a giant's silver heart would look like.  

If you liked this, you'll probably enjoy Atlas Obscura's new book, which collects more than 700 of the world's strangest and most amazing places: Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders.

 
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r0B0t: Trump could become Mr. Brexit  

Early Thursday morning, Republican candidate for president Donald Trump wrote a cryptic tweet. 

It read, "They will soon be calling me MR. BREXIT!"

Almost immediately, the title began trending on Twitter and jokes flooded social media, each more confused than the last. But, there is a method to this that's one example of Twitter madness.

Trump is most definitely referring to the United Kingdom's June vote to leave the European Union, and most probably how the results surprised many because polls leading up to the referendum indicated the opposite result.

Clearly, unless he really has gotten into Mr. Robot, Trump sees himself in the same position as the UK residents who wanted to keep their country out of international economic affairs. Read more...

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r0B0t: The robots of war: AI and the future of combat - Engadget  

The robots of war: AI and the future of combat Engadget The 1983 film WarGames portrayed a young hacker tapping into NORAD's artificial-intelligence-driven nuclear weapons' system. When the hit movie was screened for President Reagan, it prompted the commander in chief to ask if it were possible for the ...

 
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r0B0t: Sex doll makers "putting finishing touches" to artificial intelligence app so they can love you back - Mirror.co.uk  

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Sex doll makers "putting finishing touches" to artificial intelligence app so they can love you back Mirror.co.uk Matt McMullen, CEO of RealDoll, revealed the next step in making the high-end sex toys will be to give them AI to replicate humans more closely than ever. "We are building an AI system which can either be connected to a robotic doll OR experienced in a ... and more »

 
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r0B0t: Watch Segway's personal robot in action  
What if you could have a personal robot helper that transforms into a self-balancing scooter? That's the appeal of the Segway robot, an adorable device which first debuted during CES. We were able to take a close look at it this week during Intel's D...  
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r0B0t: The best budget robot vacuums you can buy  

These affordable robot vacuums clean just as well as expensive models.

 
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r0B0t: New 'Overwatch' short reveals the origin of Bastion  

Behold this tale of a robot and its bird friend. 

Blizzard Entertainment's new origin short for Overwatch hero Bastion shows how the robot went from evil mechanized overlord to a mossy, nature-loving force for good. It's adorable and touching, and offers a shining ray of hope to those who fear the eventual, inevitable robot uprising.

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r0B0t: The robots of war: AI and the future of combat  
The 1983 film WarGames portrayed a young hacker tapping into NORAD's artificial-intelligence-driven nuclear weapons' system. When the hit movie was screened for President Reagan, it prompted the commander in chief to ask if it were possible for the c...  
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