Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: AI/Robotics
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The “People Power for the Third Millennium: Technology, Democracy and Human Rights” symposia from The Centre for Bioethics & Public Policy in the UK looks interesting, though being held in London means I’m hoping they’ll be something published out of them for a wider audience. The first symposium, “Robots & Rights: Will artificial intelligence change…
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iRobot have produced a new household robot (‘ConnectR’) that allows you to partake in family life when you can’t be there in person. The small round robot allows you to see, hear and follow your loved ones around, as well as allowing you yo talk to them, all via wireless connectivity at home and an…
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In his post Exploring Our Matrix: Robots in the News, James McGrath points to not only the new Star Wars developments but also a couple of articles/books about robots and how we perceive them in terms of possible consciousness and relationality. Reminds me of this quote from Ray Kurzweil’s article “The Coming Merging of Mind…
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Well, not quite the insect robots of the movie in the title, but definitely in a similar area. A cheap humanoid robot being developed in Bangladesh. See Bangladeshi develops humanoid robot from scrap | Technology | Reuters.
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One of the perennial questions that comes up when people think about robots and artificial intelligence is the ‘does it have a soul?’ question. A more significant question might be ‘can the robot dance?’ That, in itself, might be a sign the that robot has ‘soul’ 🙂 Japanese Robot Keepon Dances to Spoon Hit, “Don’t…
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In spite of all the hype around robots and the ‘eschatological’ dreams connected to things like the transhumanist singularity, this robotic application actually looks useful. See Using a Robot to Teach Human Social Skills. Related link: MIT – Robotic Life – The Huggable: A Robotic Companion for Therapeudic Applications
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Interview with Rodney Brooks, director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab on where he thinks robotics will go in the future. See Sizing up the coming robotics revolution | Newsmakers | CNET News.com.
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Various links related to convergent technologies (nano-, bio-, information technologies and cognitive science): Biosingularity – Techno-progressive blog that tracks new developments in bio- and medical technologies. (More on singularitarianism at Greenflame: Pondering the Singularity (Again)). The Top 100 Alternative Search Engines – Alternatives to the big four search engines (Google, Yahoo!, MSN, and Ask.com. The…
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Just erased and reinstalled everything on the iBook to get over the wobbles it was developing at the end of the thesis writing. In the process found these links I’d saved earlier. Ashley X links: WIRED Blogs: Bodyhack – Brain-Damaged Girl Will Stay Young Forever Parents defend decision to keep girl a child – World…
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Living on Earth: The Future of Robotics has both the audio and a transcript from the radio episode about humanoid robotics. Useful introductory piece for discussion.