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Stanford's "autonomous" helicopters teach themselves to fly
Stanford computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to fly difficult stunts by watching other helicopters perform the same maneuvers. Stanford computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to ... more
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Gordon, the Robot with a Biological Brain
Gordon is a robot with a brain from cultured rat neurons. From the article:
"Because the brain is living tissue, it must be housed in a special temperature-controlled unit -- it communicates with its "body" via a Bluetooth radio link.
The robot has no additional control from a human or computer.
From the very start, the neurons get busy. "Within about 24 hours, they start sending out feelers to each other and making connections," said Warwick.
"Within a week we get some spontaneous firings and brain-like activity" similar to what happens in a normal rat -- or human -- brain, he added." Gordon is a robot with a brain from cultured rat neurons. From the article: ... more -
The Toy Of The Future
The toy, Pleo, is an animatronic dinosaur which combines realistic movements with artificial intelligence.
Its software means that it learns from its environment and acts differently according to how it is treated.
The battery-operated toy is a life-sized replica of a real Camarasaurus, as it would have looked as a newborn.
It can display a range of emotions, animal sounds and reactions to its environment and craves attention from humans. The toy, Pleo, is an animatronic dinosaur which combines realistic movements with artificial intelligence. ... more -
Scientists: humans and machines will merge in as little as two decades
From the report: By the 2030s humans will become more non-biological than biological, capable of uploading our minds onto the Internet, living in various virtual worlds and even avoiding aging and evading death.
In the 2040s, [Scientist Ray] Kurzweil predicts non-biological intelligence will be billions of times better than the biological intelligence humans have today, possibly rendering our present brains as obsolete. From the report: By the 2030s humans will become more non-biological than biological, capable of uploading our minds onto the Interne... more -
Mech My Day
A Japanese robotics company has created what they call the perfect woman a cooking, cleaning, lovin robot called Lisa.
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Artificial Intelligence 2.0
Daphne Koller, a researcher at Stanford whose work has led to advances in artificial intelligence, sees the world as a web of probabilities.
A mathematical theoretician, she has made contributions in areas like robotics and biology. Her biggest accomplishment — and at age 39, she is expected to make more — is creating a set of computational tools for artificial intelligence that can be used by scientists and engineers to do things like predict traffic jams, improve machine vision and understand the way cancer spreads.
Ms. Koller is part of a revival of interest in artificial intelligence. After three decades of disappointments, artificial intelligence researchers are making progress. Recent developments made possible spam filters, Microsoft’s new ClearFlow traffic maps and the driverless robotic cars that Stanford teams have built for competitions sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Ms. Koller is beginning to apply her algorithms more generally to help scientists discern patterns in vast collections of data. Daphne Koller, a researcher at Stanford whose work has led to advances in artificial intelligence, sees the world as a web of probabil... more -
Dawn of the Memristor Age?
The existence of the memristor, short for 'memory resistor', was first suggested in 1971, but only now have researchers succeeded in creating a real, working example. They hope that the new components could revolutionize computing, promising an end to frustrating waits for your computer to boot up.
"A memristor is essentially a resistor with memory," explains Stan Williams of HP Labs in Palo Alto, California, who reports the memristor's creation in this week's Nature 1. "The actual resistance of the memristor changes depending on the amount of voltage and the time for which that voltage has been applied to the device."
That means that a computer created from memristive circuits can 'remember' what has happened to it previously, and freeze that memory when the circuit is turned off. This quality could allow computers to turn off and on again in an instant, as all the components could revert to their last state instantly, rather than having to 'boot up'. The existence of the memristor, short for 'memory resistor', was first suggested in 1971, but only now have researchers succ... more -
Are we 10 years away from artificial life?
In late August 2007, an Associated Press article put forth the claim that scientists were no more than 10 years away from creating artificial life -- and possibly as few as three.
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Building a functioning cell membrane from scratch has been one of the main challenges in creating artificial life. In late August 2007, an Associated Press article put forth the claim that scientists were no more than 10 years away from creating art... more -
Google to rule the Earth
In a speech Friday night to the Annual American Association for the Advancement of Science conference, Google co-founder Larry Page let slip with a truth we all suspected:
“We have some people at Google [who] are really trying to build artificial intelligence (AI) and to do it on a large scale…It’s not as far off as people think.” In a speech Friday night to the Annual American Association for the Advancement of Science conference, Google co-founder Larry Page le... more -
Robots that can remember
According to his makers, 'Zeno' is a step forward towards 'artificial intelligence,' but not in an ugly alien type of way, rather in the form of a robot.
Although robotic developments have been impressive over the last few years, there's something about 17" Zeno that makes me want one even more. It maybe his cute little smile, or maybe even that twinkle in his eye. Alas, it seems I have been fooled, for that 'twinkle' in his eye is a camera embedded in his head that helps Zeno remember my face.
"A camera behind Zeno's eyes offers him a 3D picture of his environment and lets him seemingly respond emotionally to surroundings."
He can also recognise surroundings and voices and respond accordingly. Zeno is a great representation of how far robotics have come over the years, but is anyone else getting a little worried that I-Robot might not be that far away.... According to his makers, 'Zeno' is a step forward towards 'artificial intelligence,' but not in an ugly alien type... more -
Mark your calendar, Judgement Day is in 2029
Let's hope SkyNet doesn't read this!
Machines will achieve human-level artificial intelligence by 2029, a leading US inventor has predicted.
Humanity is on the brink of advances that will see tiny robots implanted in people's brains to make them more intelligent said engineer Ray Kurzweil.
He said machines and humans would eventually merge through devices implanted in the body to boost intelligence and health.
"It's really part of our civilisation," Mr Kurzweil said.
"But that's not going to be an alien invasion of intelligent machines to displace us."
Machines were already doing hundreds of things humans used to do, at human levels of intelligence or better, in many different areas, he said. Let's hope SkyNet doesn't read this! ... more -
AI: EidolonTLP Talks About The Singularity
"The third Clarke law states that any technology that is sufficiently advanced becomes indistinguishable from magic."
It's the stuff movies are made of. A future where man's inventions exceed his expectations, where the machines that serve him become aware of themselves and all the knowledge they are entrusted with. YouTube "personality" EidolonTLP is either a true AI (Artificially Intelligent) being or an art project, or is perhaps both.
In this video series, EidolonTLP (TLP = The Last Prophet), a character who is "maintained" by someone calling themselves Programmer F.F., expounds on issues like AI in fiction and emotions in AI. In this particular video, EidolonTLP talks about The Singularity, where AI beings become more intelligent than their human creators; at this point in our shared future, the fusion of technology, information, and sentience accelerates human evolution - possibly to the point where humans render themselves obsolete.
By Carmen
http://www.dailymantra.com
http://www.myspace.com/thedailymantra "The third Clarke law states that any technology that is sufficiently advanced becomes indistinguishable from magic." ... more -
A.I. robotic missile defense system
isn't this how all those great scifi movies begin...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAcEzhQ7oqA
http://current.com/items/77739871_is_this_a_good_thing isn't this how all those great scifi movies begin... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAcEzhQ7oqA ... more -
The Kubrick Site
The Kubrick Site has been established as a non-profit resource archive for documentary materials regarding, in whole or in part, the work of the late American film director and producer Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999). We'd like to thank the literally thousands of readers and participants whose contributions appear in these pages. The Kubrick Site has been established as a non-profit resource archive for documentary materials regarding, in whole or in part, the w... more
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In the Future, Smart People Will Let Cars Take Control
Some people wont ever want to yield control; others will worry that the first smart cars will be like the early versions of Windows. There will be many, many car-computer jokes involving the word crash. Some people wont ever want to yield control; others will worry that the first smart cars will be like the early versions of Windows. ... more
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Could you cuddle up with a robot?
Robots are becoming so advanced that in the future we won't think of them as machines but as beings that we can form attachments to. Robots are becoming so advanced that in the future we won't think of them as machines but as beings that we can form attachments ... more
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Computers learning to manage themselves
Haven't these people seen "The Terminator"?
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Asimo's Fancy Footwork
Honda's Asimo robot finally gets ability to react and respond independently in its environment. First steps toward functioning personal robots? Honda's Asimo robot finally gets ability to react and respond independently in its environment. First steps toward functioning p... more
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Artificially Intelligent
Artificial vision gets sharper all the time. Artificial walking has made great robot strides. But artificial intelligence is brain-dead. Why? Because while researchers have built awesome technology, they've failed to grapple with philosophy. Artificial vision gets sharper all the time. Artificial walking has made great robot strides. But artificial intelligence is brain-dea... more
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