Now is the winter of AI's discontent
Colder nights draw in for the new tech
While AI has been big news for the last decade, researchers in the field warn that the industry is about to enter a new and much quieter phase.
My brain hertz: Let your fingers do the talking
Does speed kill?
At Huawei's “Innovation Day” in Paris, earlier this week, Francois Barrault, chairman of IDATE Digiworld, made some interesting comparisons between robots and human beings, focusing on the five senses.
Homes to get smarter and smarter
People talking to robots not people
Sales of devices that talk to you, switch off your lights, lock your door and regulate how hot and cold you get will show increased growth between now and 2023.
Robots to steal 20 million factory jobs by 2030
Poor humans will be exterminated
Robots are expected to take over some 20 million manufacturing jobs worldwide by 2030, extending a trend of worsening social inequality while increasing total economic production, a new study shows.
Robotic companies – don't box us in!
Mike Magee's Rave: Blatant disregard of Isaac Asimov's law of robotics
Earlier this week I had a missive from a large energy company which I won't name. Oh, I may as well.
Amazon boss wants to put Alexa into a robot
It would help if it could get out more
Amazon’s head boffin Rohit Prasad said that the bookseller’s personal software assistant Alexa would be far smarter if it had a robot body and cameras to move around in the real world., Addressing the assorted throngs at MIT Technology Review’s EmTech Digital AI conference in San Francisco Prasad said: “The only way to make smart assistants really smart is to give it [sic] eyes and let it explore the world”.
FedEx asked Segway inventor to come up with a delivery robot
SameDay Robot will be on the streets this summer
FedEx will test a six-wheeled, autonomous robot called the SameDay Bot in Memphis, Tenn. this summer.
Sex Robots could be hacked to become killers
What a way to go
Sex robots could be hijacked by hackers and used to cause harm or even kill people.
Men more at risk during the robotic revolution
Robots will not dare take on women
A new study from the Brookings Institution has found that automation will impact men at a higher rate than women.
Robot hotel fires half its robot staff
We should never have allowed the AI to watch Apprentice
The world’s first hotel “staffed by robots” has fired half of its robot employees, because they annoy the guests and are not that good at their job.