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Google Wrote a ‘Robot Constitution’ So Its Machines Won’t Kill You… Hopefully
On Thursday, Google announced a new “Robot Constitution” that will govern the AI that runs its upcoming army of intelligent machines. Based on Isaac Asimov’s “Three Laws of Robotics,” these safety instructions are meant to steer the devices’ decision-making process. First among them: “A robot may not injure a human being.” The Robot Constitution comes…
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Marc Thorpe, Father of Robot Wars, Passes Away
Marc Thorpe, the original creator of the famed remote-controlled bot battling competition Robot Wars and godfather of today’s bot deathmatch scene, died this past Friday, Nov. 24, at the age of 77 due to complications from his long fight against Parkinson’s disease. His death was officially confirmed by his daughter Megan Feffer and on Thorpe’s…
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These AI Companies Want to Bring You Back From the Dead
Fantasies of immortality and extended life preservation are likely as old as humanity itself, but new advances in robotics and advanced artificial intelligence models are inching those transhumanist tales closer to reality at a rapid pace. AI researchers and entrepreneurs eager to cash in on our deepest-rooted anxiety are already developing AI replicas of aging…
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‘Instant Evolution’: AI Creates a Squishy Purple Blob That Uses Air to Walk
When asked to design a robot that can walk, an AI told researchers to check out this blob thing.