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Robotics and AI Expert Systems
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May 15, 2017 9:29 PM
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A sex doll that can talk - but is it perfect Harmony? - BBC News

A sex doll that can talk - but is it perfect Harmony? - BBC News | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
The BBC visits a factory in California which is making a new AI-enabled sex doll called Harmony.
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May 1, 2017 3:52 AM
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We Need To Talk About How Human Rights Will Work in the Age of AI

We Need To Talk About How Human Rights Will Work in the Age of AI | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
In response to advances in neuroscience and technologies that alter or read brain activity, researchers are proposing new human rights to mental integrity. These would guard against brain information being abused, hacked, or stolen.
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April 30, 2017 11:26 PM
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Robot crime raises thorny legal issues that need addressing now - TechRepublic

Robot crime raises thorny legal issues that need addressing now - TechRepublic | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
A legal expert warns that current laws are woefully inadequate to handle crimes committed by robots.
Carol Hancox's insight:
Robotic Ethics - some good questions
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April 23, 2017 1:02 AM
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Courts Are Using AI to Sentence Criminals. That Must Stop Now

Courts Are Using AI to Sentence Criminals. That Must Stop Now | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
Opinion: Courts should pause the use of algorithms for criminal sentencing.
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April 22, 2017 3:02 AM
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The KUBO Robot Teaches Kids To Code

The KUBO Robot Teaches Kids To Code | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
Once considered the skill of the future, coding is now a necessity for most emerging career fields. If learning to code is like learning a foreign language, then it follows that it might be easier to learn when you're young. And now there's a robot for that.

Via John Evans
Carlos Fosca's curator insight, February 19, 2017 9:41 AM

Como la tecnología, cuando es desarrollada sobre bases pedagógicas centradas en la persona que aprende, puede producir enormes resultados en los niños, incluso en temáticas aparentemente tan áridas, como lo podría ser la programación.

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April 17, 2017 10:20 PM
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Rise of the robots: What advances mean for workers - BBC News

Rise of the robots: What advances mean for workers - BBC News | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
They may threaten the human workforce, but they are crucial to the modern economy.
Carol Hancox's insight:
impact on employment due to robotics
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April 16, 2017 8:49 PM
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Apple granted self-driving test permit - BBC News

Apple granted self-driving test permit - BBC News | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
The company has permission to try out autonomous technology on the streets of California.
Carol Hancox's insight:
Another player in the self driving cars arena
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April 13, 2017 12:51 AM
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Samsung Galaxy S8 WON'T ship with Bixby voice assistant

Samsung Galaxy S8 WON'T ship with Bixby voice assistant | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
Brits would've had to have waited for Bixby to arrive anyway
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April 12, 2017 11:16 PM
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'World's worst drawer' stumps Google AutoDraw - BBC News

'World's worst drawer' stumps Google AutoDraw - BBC News | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
An artificial intelligence-powered illustration aid tries to recognise Rory Cellan-Jones' scribbles.
Carol Hancox's insight:
AI improves hand drawings - Google AutoDraw
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April 10, 2017 10:11 PM
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Meet Erica, the world's most human-like autonomous android – video

Meet Erica, the world's most human-like autonomous android – video | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
With his robot Erica, Hiroshi Ishiguro, the so-called bad boy of Japanese robotics, aims to redefine what it means to be human
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April 5, 2017 11:19 PM
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Human-like avatar gives glimpse of the future - Business - NZ Herald News

Human-like avatar gives glimpse of the future - Business - NZ Herald News | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
IT company IBM opened its new Wynyard Quarter office yesterday with a demonstration of artificial and emotional intelligence technology with the potential to reboot business. - New Zealand Herald
Carol Hancox's insight:
Use of AI in businesses
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April 3, 2017 11:25 PM
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Robot Art Raises Questions about Human Creativity

Robot Art Raises Questions about Human Creativity | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
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April 3, 2017 10:31 PM
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The 12 jobs most at risk of being replaced by robots

The 12 jobs most at risk of being replaced by robots | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
Receptionists, lawyers, bartenders and taxi drivers are just some of the jobs that could be replaced by robots.
Carol Hancox's insight:
Robots and impact on employment
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May 2, 2017 7:40 PM
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Credit Suisse employees using Amazon Alexa-like robots to answer basic compliance questions

Credit Suisse employees using Amazon Alexa-like robots to answer basic compliance questions | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
Swiss bank has deployed 20 robots in a bid to reduce the number of calls to its compliance centre
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May 1, 2017 3:51 AM
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AI With Human-Level Intelligence Will Be Walking the Streets by 2040

AI With Human-Level Intelligence Will Be Walking the Streets by 2040 | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
Human-level AI is something that we will see in our lifetime, and we'd better be prepared for it.
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April 24, 2017 4:21 AM
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Meet the IBM Watson-powered robot that could make your next smartphone - TechRepublic

Meet the IBM Watson-powered robot that could make your next smartphone - TechRepublic | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
IBM's cloud-connected robot arm shows off the flexibility of the factory robots of tomorrow.
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April 23, 2017 12:28 AM
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Volkswagen and Mobvoi team up to put artificial intelligence into cars

Volkswagen and Mobvoi team up to put artificial intelligence into cars | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
VW hopes 50-50 joint venture will see other car brands take up the AI technologies too
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April 17, 2017 10:23 PM
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Meet Tarzan - the robot designed to monitor crops - BBC News

Meet Tarzan - the robot designed to monitor crops - BBC News | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
How a robot designed to swing between cables could help farmers monitor crops.
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April 16, 2017 8:57 PM
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Artificial intelligence: How to avoid racist algorithms - BBC News

Artificial intelligence: How to avoid racist algorithms - BBC News | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
Why do so many algorithms seem to echo human bias?
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April 16, 2017 8:49 PM
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Welp. Turns out AI learns gender and race stereotypes from humans.

Welp. Turns out AI learns gender and race stereotypes from humans. | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
Computers know us a little too well.
Carol Hancox's insight:
bias and stereotyping will need to be programmed out of AI since the knowledge based used is consistent with stereotyping by humans
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April 12, 2017 11:18 PM
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AI wins $290,000 in Chinese poker competition - BBC News

AI wins $290,000 in Chinese poker competition - BBC News | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
The artificial intelligence program beat a team of six human players.
Carol Hancox's insight:
AI wins at poker
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April 12, 2017 11:13 PM
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San Francisco's food delivery service by robot - BBC News

San Francisco's food delivery service by robot - BBC News | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
An autonomous robot company is offering a food delivery service in San Francisco.
Carol Hancox's insight:
Robots deliver food in San Fransisco
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April 6, 2017 10:47 PM
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Driverless shuttle bus to be tested by public in London - BBC News

Driverless shuttle bus to be tested by public in London - BBC News | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
Over the next three weeks, about 100 people will travel in a prototype vehicle on a two-mile route.
Carol Hancox's insight:
Driverless buses being trialed in London
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April 3, 2017 11:25 PM
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Robots Have Been Taking American Jobs

Robots Have Been Taking American Jobs | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
Research suggests hundreds of thousands of jobs have been wiped out by increased automation.
Carol Hancox's insight:
Impact of robots on employment
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April 3, 2017 11:17 PM
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Robot Art Raises Questions about Human Creativity

Robot Art Raises Questions about Human Creativity | Robotics and AI Expert Systems | Scoop.it
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