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Jun 15, 2015
Man Vs. Machine: How Humans Are Driving The Next Age Of Machine Learning — Richard Boyd | TechCrunch
Posted by Seb in category: robotics/AI
“The most valuable resource we have in the universe is intelligence, which is simply information and computation; however, in order to be effective, technological intelligence has to be communicated in a way that helps humans take advantage of the knowledge gained. The optimal way to solve this problem is a combination of human and machine intelligence working together to solve the problems that matter most.” Read more
Jun 15, 2015
It is Unethical Not to Use Genetic Engineering
Posted by Maria Konovalenko in categories: ethics, genetics, health, robotics/AI, space
When I hear that the conversation is about an ethical problem I anticipate that right now the people are going to put everything upside down and end with common sense. Appealing to ethics has always been the weapon of conservatism, the last resort of imbecility.
How does it work? At the beginning you have some ideas, but in the end it’s always a “no”. The person speaking on the behalf of ethics or bioethics is always against the progress, because he or she is being based on their own conjectures. What if the GMO foods will crawl out of the garden beds and eat us all? What if there will be inequality when some will use genetic engineering for their kids and some won’t? Let’s then close down the schools and universities – the main source of inequality. What if some will get the education and other won’t?
That’s exactly the position that Elon Musk took by fearing the advances in genetic engineering. Well, first of all, there already is plenty of inequality. It is mediated by social system, limited resources and genetic diversity. First of all, why should we strive for total equality? More precisely, why does the plank of equality has to be based on a low intellectual level? How bad is a world where the majority of people are scientists? How bad is a world where people live thousands of years and explore deep space? It’s actually genetic engineering that gives us these chances. From the #ethics point of view things are visa versa. It’s refusing the very possibility of helping people is a terrible deed. Let’s not improve a person, because if we do what if this person becomes better than everybody else? Let’s not treat this person, because if we do he might live longer than everybody else? Isn’t this complete nonsense?
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Jun 14, 2015
Robots can recover from damage in minutes (w/ Video)
Posted by Scott Davis in category: robotics/AI
Robots will one day provide tremendous benefits to society, such as in search and rescue missions and putting out forest fires—but not until they can learn to keep working if they become damaged.
Jun 14, 2015
Robots Falling Down at DARPA Robotics Challenge
Posted by Scott Davis in category: robotics/AI
Compilation of robot falls from the DARPA DRC Finals Day 1. Learn more: http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/automaton
Jun 14, 2015
Cheetah robot lands the running jump (w/ Video)
Posted by Scott Davis in category: robotics/AI
In a leap for robot development, the MIT researchers who built a robotic cheetah have now trained it to see and jump over hurdles as it runs—making this the first four-legged robot to run and jump over obstacles autonomously.
Jun 14, 2015
China’s Troubling Robot Revolution — Martin Ford | The New York Times
Posted by Seb in category: robotics/AI
“Automation has already had a substantial impact on Chinese factory employment: Between 1995 and 2002 about 16 million factory jobs disappeared, roughly 15 percent of total Chinese manufacturing employment. This trend is poised to accelerate.” Read more
Latest DARPA robotics competition shows how we still have some work to do on independently mobile robots.
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