Despite the advancements in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Robots have not learnt how to show emotion just yetbut when we think of robots, more often than not images of clunky humanoid contraptions, metal with hinged joints and bulky movement spring to mind (excuse the pun). Whilst there are lots of applications for hard robotic machines such as factory lines, farming, … [Read more...] about How Will the Softer Side of Robots Affect our Lives
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If a Robot is Going to Take My Job, Should it Pay My Taxes?
According to the OECD, since 1967, the share of men aged 25 to 54 without work has more than tripled, from 5 percent to 16 percent. But the reasons they are not working have less to do with the rise of the machines than we are being led to believe. Not only will machines compete for positions, but global population growth and a rather stunted job market will make competition … [Read more...] about If a Robot is Going to Take My Job, Should it Pay My Taxes?
AI Europe – London 2016
Next December 5th'and 6th'in London, AI Europe will bring together the'European AI eco-system'by gathering'new tools and future technologies appearing in professional fields'for the first business-oriented Artificial Intelligence exhibition in Europe. Artificial Intelligence will profoundly transform every field in every industry across the world, breaking grounds … [Read more...] about AI Europe – London 2016
To Fear or Not to Fear Robots, That’s the Question
For all of us who follow with interest the progress of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robots, the recent news about the victory of Googles AlphaGo against grandmaster Lee Se-Dol has made us think if we face the evolutionary moment in which technology finally triumphed humanity and it was Google who just proved how unpredictable artificial intelligence can be. To Fear or Not … [Read more...] about To Fear or Not to Fear Robots, That’s the Question
The Rise of Robots and AI, are They Taking Over the World?
Atlas from Boston Dynamics (a subsidiary of Google) is a pretty resilient chap, judging by this video. He can trudge through uneven snow, be knocked off his feet and get up again (in an eerily similar way to the film Real Steel), and perform the sorts of menial tasks that might take place in any warehouse or shop storeroom across the country. In fact, it is hard to believe that … [Read more...] about The Rise of Robots and AI, are They Taking Over the World?
