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AI-related dissertation (critique)

Member jonathanhayward has submitted a link to his philosophy dissertation on AI and its failures from an anthropological perspective. It's a very interesting viewpoint; Check it out.

"I've recently posted my dissertation, AI as an Arena for Magical Thinking Among Skeptics: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, and Orthodox Views on Personhood."

Scientists Discuss Possibility of Revolt by Killer Robots

At the conference, held behind closed doors in Monterey Bay, California, leading researchers warned that mankind might lose control over computer-based systems that carry out a growing share of society’s workload, from waging war to chatting on the phone, and have already reached a level of indestructibility comparable with a cockroach.

“These are powerful technologies that could be used in good ways or scary ways,” warned Eric Horvitz, principal researcher at Microsoft who organised the conference on behalf of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.

Honda Not the Only One with a Running Humanoid

Toyota recently unveiled it's most recent partner robot which has the capability to run at 7 km/h. That narrowly beats out Honda's ASIMO robot which can run at 6 km/h.

Toyota's robot also has the ability to recover from some external forces while moving, such as a push from a person. The robot is 130cm tall and weighs 50Kg.

Transcendent Man: Film About Kurzweil

AI researcher Ben Goertzel peeks at the new Ray Kurzweil movie "Transcendent Man," and gives it 'two nano-enhanced cyberthumbs way, way up!' In an exchange with Kurzweil after the screening, Goertzel debates the post-human future, asking whether individuality can survive in a machine-augmented brain. The documentary covers radical futurism, but also includes alternate viewpoints. 'Would I build these machines, if I knew there was a strong chance they would destroy humanity?' asks evolvable hardware researcher Hugo de Garis. His answer? 'Yeah.'" Note, the movie is about Kurzweil and futurism, not by Kurzweil.

Artificiality gets real

Artificial intelligence, the all too familiar term, gets closer to the real thing as scientists and engineers work hard to integrate more and more human responses into these machines

Robotic technology has improved tremendously during the last few decades. But latest innovations promise that future robots will not only mimic humans in their daily functions, but will also have emotions.

Artificial intelligence, the all too familiar term gets closer to the real thing as scientists and engineers work hard to integrate more and more human responses into these machines.

Sorry for the Downtime, We're Back

We had some hosting troubles over the past few days, but we've since gotten a backup restored and gone through two hosting companies. All is well now though and the site should not see any more down time.

If you come across anything that is not working properly, please submit some feedback and let us know so we can get right on it.

Research Agency Representative

DreamKraft, Inc. is looking for representatives for our technology & products to the Government and Industrial sectors. We are developing a revolutionary AI technology that can learn in real-time, provide Pavlovian style classical conditioning, asynchronous networks and work in the temporal and spatial domains. Requirements for our representative(s) can be met by the profile after the break.

Robot discovers laws of Newton in hours

Scientists have unveiled artificial intelligence systems capable of making scientific discoveries, a leap forward in the quest to build machines that perform mental tasks long considered the exclusive preserve of humans.

A computer program developed by Cornell University scientists in the US has deduced Newton’s laws of motion and laws of energy conservation by observing swinging pendulums without prior knowledge of physics.

Next Step for AI, the Battlefield

Howard S. Smith, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology-trained engineer and artificial intelligence expert, recently published a new book, “I, robot,” a techno thriller that serves as a modern update to the original “I, Robot” by Isaac Asimov in the 1940’s. Smith was the founder and president of Optimal Robotics, which patented, designed, built and installed the first supermarket self-checkout machines, which were originally called “service robots.” Smith currently offers consulting services in the area of robotics and artificial intelligence through Robot Binaries & Press Corp.

An interview of Smith by GCN after the break.

Dante leaves.

Well, folks, it's been fun. For a long time I've enjoyed writing the news, and working with Anx. (whose been a real pleasure to work with, always open to ideas :D ) but now, I must leave, I have other projects to take care of and such things would ultimately lead me to a bias when covering the news. That, and I can't be as flippant as I like on here.

I'd also like to thank my many interviewees for their time in helping this site become better.

I will be moving onto my blog; http://lifeamongthemachines.blogspot.com/ and from there I will cover AI, Linux and various other items of interest.

So, dear readers, perhaps I'll see you later, eh?

Ciao.

-Dante