9 Best Articles in 2021
The Verge
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Do You Love Me?
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392 saves · 2020-12-29 · Our whole crew got together to celebrate the start of what we hope will be a happier year: Happy New Year from all of us at Boston Dynamics. www.BostonDyna...
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 · 348 saves · From 2018 · 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 · 326 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 · 284 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 · 277 saves · 2020-06-24 · Jess Whittlestone at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge and her colleagues published a comment piece in Nature Machine Intelligence this week arguing…
Basic Income
Deep Learning Is Going to Teach Us All the Lesson of Our Lives: Jobs Are for Machines
Basic Income
~15 min read · 247 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 · 241 saves · 2020-01-13 · 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 · 238 saves · 2020-05-19 · Kelly Clancy · Thinking machines think just like us—but only up to a point.
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Rodney Brooks
Predictions Scorecard, 2021 January 01
Rodney Brooks
20+ min read · 103 saves · Jan 1st · On January 1st, 2018, I made predictions about self driving cars, Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, and about progress in the space industry. Those predictions had dates attached to them…
Forbes
Self-Driving Cars And Asimov’s Three Laws About Robots
Forbes
~12 min read · 45 saves · Jan 5th · Asimov's famous Three Laws of robotics are considered in the use case of self-driving cars, and found to be aspirational but not ironclad.
The Wall Street Journal
Robots Turn 100—and Still Enthrall Us
The Wall Street Journal
1 min read · 39 saves · Jan 16th · Adam Kirsch · The intelligent, human-like machines long promised by science fiction still don’t exist, but they’ve played an important role in the modern imagination.
The Independent
Robot dog gains ability to fend off human attackers
The Independent
1 min read · 24 saves · Jan 6th · Eight different artificial intelligence ‘experts’ help the dog walk and maintain balance
TNW
AI devs claim they’ve created a robot that demonstrates a ‘primitive form of empathy’
TNW
1 min read · 23 saves · Jan 11th · Columbia University researchers have developed a robot that displays a "glimmer of empathy" by visually predicting how another machine will behave.
The Verge
Samsung is making a robot that can pour wine and bring you a drink
The Verge
1 min read · 23 saves · Jan 11th · Jacob Kastrenakes · The robot is still "in development."
CNET
Here are the robots taking the virtual stage at CES 2021
CNET
4 min read · 22 saves · Jan 5th · Katie Collins · And we're looking forward to meeting them all at a later, safer date.
WIRED
Watch a Robot Dog Learn How to Deftly Fend Off a Human
WIRED
2 min read · 21 saves · Jan 5th · Matt Simon · Kick over this robot and it’ll quickly right itself—not because someone told it how, but because it taught itself to overcome the embarrassment.
CNET
Samsung's CES 2021 robots will clean your house and pour you a glass of wine
CNET
4 min read · 19 saves · Jan 11th · Shara Tibken · Two of the new robots are more futuristic, but one of Samsung's new Bots will be available in the US this year -- a robot vacuum that doubles as a home monitoring device.
The Verge
The FAA just greenlit this drone to fly autonomously without a human nearby
The Verge
1 min read · 16 saves · Jan 16th · Sean Hollister · Another big step towards self-flying drones
