Self-Driving Cars Are Coming, but Self-Driving Tractors Are Already Here
• motherboard.vice.comThese days, there's a lot of hand-wringing over the possibility of self-driving cars on our roads.
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Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Robots allowed to trade money and claim copyright on their work under radical new EU plans
• http://www.mirror.co.ukThe growing intelligence of machines could require rethinking of everything from taxation to legal liability, the draft motion suggests
The Great Underwater Wall Of Robots: Chinese Exhibit Shows Off Sea Drones
• popsci.comChinese Robot Submarines Blanketing the Ocean Floor Soon
Andy Rubin: One AI Quantum Computer Could Run Entire Global Internet Of Things
• https://www.technocracy.newsJust one quantum computer running artificial intelligence algorithms would be capable of connecting pretty much all the devices on the planet, Android creator Andy Rubin told an audience at the Bloomberg Technology Conference on Tuesday.
Betty The AI Robot Lands Two Month Trial As Office Manager
• https://www.technocracy.news, By: Kirstie McCrumTeam meetings will never be the same again for one work group who have taken on a humanoid staff member.
Robot which can choose to harm humans sparks artificial intelligence debate
• http://www.mirror.co.uk, By Kirstie McCrumFear of man made machines is growing as they become stronger - but Alexander Reben says his new invention shows we need to prepare for the worst
Your Next Pair Of Adidas Could Be Made By Robots
• https://www.sciencedaily.comSummary: The first 500 pairs of shoes produced in Adidas' Speedfactory facility will hit stores this year. Video provided by Newsy
Sex robots to storm into the British bedroom within ten years
• telegraph.co.ukSex robots could become a staple of the bedroom within ten years as the devices become more lifelike and affordable, a leading computer scientist has warned.
Airport Robot Will Check You In, Weigh Your Luggage And Carry It For You
• https://www.technocracy.newsThe company behind the robot, which can weigh bags, print baggage tags and carry two suitcases, have described it as the 'future of baggage handling in airports'.
Robots May Force The Future Of Money With Universal Income
• technocracy.newsTN Note: I have been writing about Energy Currency for years because it was a hard requirement for historic Technocracy from the 1930s. Many people are openly talking about Energy Currency in recent years, so it is not a dead topic by any means.
Robot Postmen: 'Jackrabbot' Dodges Pedestrians To Make Local Deliveries
• Technocary.News'Going Postal' takes on a new meaning with robots doing the heavy work of delivering the mail. The Technocrat dream of fully automating society draws closer, and in 15 years robots will be ubiquitous.
A solar-powered, autonomous boat is currently crossing the Atlantic
• gizmag.comWhile we keep an eye on the journey of Solar Impulse 2, the solar-powered plane that's currently in the middle of its record-setting, around-the-world flight, it looks like it has a buddy in the water. Solar Voyager, an autonomous, solar-powered kaya
Free Money From the Robots!
• https://www.lewrockwell.comHere is a headline: This AI expert says that a robot economy will force us to give people unconditional free money. The article is in Business Insider. In the future, giving people unconditional free money might be the fairest way to deal with a rob
Google and Microsoft are making gigantic artificial brains
• http://www.techinsider.io, Drake BaerComputers have long been good at carrying out assigned tasks but terrible at learning things on their own.
Google Considers Making A "Big Red Button" To Stop Dangerous A.I. In An Emergency
• http://www.popsci.com, By Dave GershgornIn conjunction with A.I. doomsayer Nick Bostrom's research institution
Autonomous 30-mile flight for Sikorsky S-76 commercial helicopter
• http://www.gizmag.com, Colin JeffreyUsing technology developed for DARPA's Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program, a Sikorsky S-76 commercial helicopter has taken off and flown autonomously from Stratford, Connecticut to Robertson Airport in Plainville, Connecticut,
'Robot Baby Project' Mimics Sexual Reproduction To Let Robots 'Evolve'
• https://www.technocracy.news, Cheyanne MacDonaldThese Technocrat scientists believe that the 'Evolution of Things' will take off and produce a new race of robots that will spontaneously create new iterations of offspring, supposedly better than there parents. Some hope to use the technology to
Russia's Robot Army Contributes To Killer Robot Proliferation
• https://www.technocracy.news, By: Jennings BrownIt has been amply predicted that a new arms race would be sparked by killer robot developments within any superpower. The U.S., China and Russia are all racing to dominate the field. Technocrats do because they can, not because they need to.
Facebook's New AI Engine Understands Text To Improve Messenger, Search And Curation
• http://www.forbes.comFacebook FB -12.83% has unveiled a new in-house artificial intelligence (AI) engine called "DeepText," built to understand the meaning and sentiment behind text on the social network.
Elon Musk: Humans Need to Upgrade or We Risk Becoming Pets For Robots
• We Are ChangeEccentric billionaire Elon Musk, who co-founded PayPal and is the founder of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, has asserted that humans are already cyborgs with impressive powers -- but if we don't upgrade we will be at risk of becoming "pets" of artif
Toyota Will Probably Buy Robot Makers From Google
• popsci.comBig news for BigDog!
Tech Firm Will Transfer People's Consciousness Into Robots
• http://wearechange.org, by Danny F. Quest"Will death always be inevitable? We don't think so. HumaiTech.com"
Former McDonald's USA CEO: Robots To Cause Huge Job Loss
• https://www.technocracy.nes, By: Julia LimitoneAs fast-food workers across the country vie for $15 per hour wages, many business owners have already begun to take humans out of the picture.
PIZZA HUT ADDING PEPPER ROBOTS TO RESTAURANT CHAINS
• nextnewsnetwork.comSoon you may be ordering your pizza from a robot at your next visit to Pizza Hut. DON REISINGER for PC Mag reports, MasterCard has inked a deal with Pizza Hut to bring Pepper, the Humanoid robot to restaurants across Asia by the end of 2016.
China's Labor Revolution: Foxconn Replaces '60,000 Factory Workers With Robots'
• https://www.technocracy.news, BY: MANDY ZUOThe manufacturing hub for the electronics industry, Kunshan, in Jiangsu province, is seeking a drastic reduction in labour costs as it undergoes a makeover after an industrial explosion killed 146 people in 2014.
China's Labor Revolution: Foxconn Replaces '60,000 Factory Workers With Robots'
• https://www.technocracy.news, BY: MANDY ZUOThe manufacturing hub for the electronics industry, Kunshan, in Jiangsu province, is seeking a drastic reduction in labour costs as it undergoes a makeover after an industrial explosion killed 146 people in 2014.
US Army to test driverless vehicle technology in Michigan
• stripes.comA convoy of U.S. Army vehicles will cruise along a stretch of Interstate 69 in Michigan as part of an initial testing of driverless military vehicle equipment on public roadways.
The System Won't Survive the Robots
Paul RosenbergIt's really just a matter of time; the working man's deal with his overseers is half dead already. But there's still inertia in the system, and even the losers are keeping the faith. Hope dies slowly, after all.
Bestselling Historian Says Promise Of AI Means Rise Of 'Useless Class' Of Humans
• https://www.technocracy.newsIt is hard to miss the warnings. In the race to make computers more intelligent than us, humanity will summon a demon, bring forth the end of days, and code itself into oblivion. Instead of silicon assistants we'll build silicon assassins.
Robot Cowboys Monitor And Manage Animals On Giant Australian Farms
• https://www.technocracy.newsFarmers, put your feet up. Autonomous robots are already being used to inspect crops, count yields and dig up weeds- now they are shepherds too.
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