9 Best Articles in 2020
The Verge
The Star Halifax
35 years ago, Isaac Asimov was asked by the Star to predict the world of 2019. Here…
The Star Halifax
~12 min read · 345 saves · 2018-12-27 · The famed science fiction writer was wrong about a world government, but pretty close on robots. On computers, though ...
Harvard Business Review
The Future of Human Work Is Imagination, Creativity, and Strategy
Harvard Business Review
5 min read · 320 saves · From 2018 · Rethink the role of people in your organization.
Futurism
Google's artificial intelligence built an AI that outperforms any made by humans
Futurism
3 min read · 282 saves · From 2017 · The applications range from autonomous cars to robots that can “see.”
MIT Technology Review
If AI is going to help us in a crisis, we need a new kind of ethics
MIT Technology Review
2 min read · 274 saves · Jun 24th · Jess Whittlestone at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge and her colleagues published a comment piece in…
Basic Income
Deep Learning Is Going to Teach Us All the Lesson of Our Lives: Jobs Are for Machines
Basic Income
~15 min read · 246 saves · From 2016 · (An alternate version of this article was originally published in the Boston Globe)
The Guardian
Scientists use stem cells from frogs to build first living robots
The Guardian
3 min read · 240 saves · Jan 13th · Researchers foresee myriad benefits for humanity, but also acknowledge ethical issues
WIRED
Is the Brain a Useful Model for Artificial Intelligence?
WIRED
2 min read · 236 saves · May 19th · Kelly Clancy · Thinking machines think just like us—but only up to a point.
Mother Jones
You will lose your job to a robot—and sooner than you think
Mother Jones
20+ min read · 228 saves · From 2017 · Automation helped bring on the age of Trump. What will AI bring?
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Engineers create plasma-powered lightsaber that can cut metal
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15 saves · Oct 15th · The steampunk hilt is capable of sending out a laminar flow of compressed liquid propane gas and oxygen, which together burns at 4,000 degrees…
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
“What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots”
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
4 min read · 14 saves · Oct 22nd · “What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots,” a new book co-authored by MIT Professor Julie Shah and alumna Laura Major SM ’05, explores a…
Futurism
Scientists send Boston Dynamics robodog into Chernobyl
Futurism
13 saves · Oct 26th · The robot helped create 3D maps of radioactivity.
TechCrunch
White Castle rolls out more robots from Miso Robotics to cook in its kitchens
TechCrunch
1 min read · 11 saves · Oct 27th · More robots are coming to White Castle. Expanding a partnership with Miso Robotics, around 10 new White Castle locations will be rolling out the…
MIT Technology Review
It’s time to rethink the legal treatment of robots
MIT Technology Review
4 min read · 10 saves · Oct 22nd · A pandemic is raging with devastating consequences, and long-standing problems with racial bias and political polarization are coming to a head. Artificial intelligence (AI)…
