science in popular culture
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These Gun-Shooting Robot Vehicles Are the Future of Urban War
The U.S. military has spent the past month running exercises at various locations in California to prepare for “future war-winning readiness.” And the photos being officially released include plenty of robot dogs, augmented reality headsets, resupply drones, and at least one mysterious AI-driven vehicle. There’s also an eight-wheeled, all-electric robot vehicle that packs quite a…
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Humans Are More Likely to Slack Off When Working With Robots, Study Finds
Everyone knows (or may have had experience being) the colleague or classmate who’s taken the easy route on an assignment knowing someone else will swoop in to save the day. New research suggests that the same phenomena, which psychologists call “social loafing,” may also apply when a teammate is made of software and hunks of…
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With the Actors on Strike, Robots Are Promoting Their Projects
It’s more than just equity at stake when the machines come out to sell the audience on the new fall production slate.
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Singapore Police to Deploy Snitch Bots That Search for ‘Undesirable Social Behaviours’
If you’re wandering around Singapore anytime soon, take some time to wave hi to your friendly neighbourhood snitch bot.