Tag Archives: AI

BigDog Robot Tosses Cinder Blocks 17 Feet!

Posted on March 7, 2013

▲ ▲ ▲ BigDog Robot Prepare for the new world of robots all around you and being a familiar part of your environment. BigDog now has manipulative strength and can toss cinder blocks with its “mouth” upwards of 17 feet. … Continue reading →

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Ray Kurzweil Joins Google to Create a Mind

Posted on February 5, 2013

▲ ▲ ▲ Ray Kurzweil has joined Google as Director of Engineering to improve artificial intelligence – or transbiological intelligence as Kurzweil terms it. Known for his latest book, How to Create a Mind, Kurzweil has literally teamed with Google … Continue reading →

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The New Era of Cognitive Computing

Posted on January 27, 2013

▲ ▲ ▲ The New Era of Cognitive Computing is upon us. This is not an incremental change and increase in technology. This is a fundamental and exponential rise in non-biological or artificial intelligence. New Era of Cognitive Computing We … Continue reading →

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Economic Evolution: Robots Taking Human Jobs

Posted on January 20, 2013

▲ ▲ ▲ Economic evolution has become robots taking human jobs. Artificial intelligence is replacing human intelligence. Technology, specifically algorithms, continues to replace humans in more and more complex jobs. These include military, financial, industrial, and service applications. In fact, … Continue reading →

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Random or Designed Universe: Are Humans Real?

Posted on January 9, 2013

▲ ▲ ▲ Hubble eXtreme Deep Field: a new, improved portrait of mankind’s deepest-ever view of the Universe Cosmologist Martin Rees explores and discusses the Universe and asks questions such do we live in a random or designed Universe, where … Continue reading →

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Roboy the Humanoid Robot to Be Born in March 2013

Posted on December 30, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲   Roby the robot is coming. Roboy is a soft robot, i.e. with soft skin and natural movements, to enable living and interacting with humans. User-friendly assistance to humans is the primary purpose of Roboy, which would … Continue reading →

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AtlasProto Robot Walking the Gauntlet & Improving Abilities

Posted on October 27, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ The latest update from Boston Dynamics increases the creepiness, which seems inexorable, with Atlas the anthropomorphic robot. Regardless of assurances otherwise, this will not ultimately end well for humans. AtlasProto: Walking the Gauntlet Atlas is an anthropomorphic … Continue reading →

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Future of Humanity: Singularity or Decline?

Posted on October 4, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ Is Humanity on a Countdown to the Singularity? What is the future of humanity – the technological singularity or a decline? Either way, the futurists and pundits give us 20+ years for one or the other to … Continue reading →

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Artificial Intelligence Maps the Universe: An Algorithm’s View

Posted on September 26, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ How does an algorithm view the Universe, if all the known variables are provided? Artificial intelligence can balance all these variables, crunch the simultaneous equations, much better than some top-tier, but outdated, hominid on a (much) slower … Continue reading →

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Cheetah Robot Runs Faster Than Usain Bolt!

Posted on September 25, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ Cheetah Robot Concept: The Inevitable Future We await the untethered outdoor version in 2013 as the Rise of the Machines and Artificial Intelligence continues unabated… Cheetah Robot Runs 28.3 mph; a Bit Faster than Usain Bolt Cheetah … Continue reading →

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Rough-Terrain Robot Follows Human Leader

Posted on September 25, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ LS3 – Legged Squad Support System The future proxy for ground war – robots – beginning with doing the grunt work. Follow the human leader, at least for now. AI autonomy will be next as the creepiness … Continue reading →

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