Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: AI/Robotics
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A good example of some of the current research that is leading towards “augmented intelligence”. Ultimately, the robotic system will pick up the human user’s intentions and then use its own artificial intelligence to achieve that goal. I like the non-invasive approach which differs from other approaches such as BrainGate. More at ScienceDaily: Researchers Demonstrate…
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This article talks about how intelligent software agents might transfer between various “bodies” in order to achieve certain tasks. So you own “personal assistant” software might follow you around the house, making itself available as it incarnates itself in different technological artifacts. Spooky, possums. See Wired News: The Seoul of a New Machine. Resonates with…
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Vernor Vinge’s presentation of the technological singularity back in 1993 (PDF here) talked about the scenario where human intellect is augmented through better communications networks and human-computer interfaces. Here’s a recent article in the Boston Globe that picks up on the “intelligence augmentation” (IA) within contemporary settings. See Souls of a new machine – The…
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Brief article on CNet about robots that are aware of their own bodies. See Researchers unveil a self-aware robot | CNET News.com. Related to an article published this month in Science. Abstract at: Resilient Machines Through Continuous Self-Modeling — Bongard et al. 314 (5802): 1118 — Science Auxiliary files: Resilient Machines Through Continuous Self-Modeling —…
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I’ve found Cynthia Breazeal’s robotics research both interesting and theologically provocative, and I’ve referred to her book “Designing Sociable Robots (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents)” in several places in the thesis. PBS is running a profile on her on their scienceNOW web site (including video later this week). Links there to various slideshows, articles etc.…
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Article on recent developments of humanoid robotics in Japan – including the possibility of robot avatars allowing spatial interaction providing things like presence and share objects of attention. See globeandmail.com: Say hello to your robot self. Related links: Greenflame: Robots: From tools to partners Greenflame: Have you met my bionic grandmother? Greenflame: Enter the robots…
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Article I found today in a footnote in a book. If you kick a robotic dog, is it wrong? | csmonitor.com What do you think?
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Mark over at Reflections… wanted some more details about last Friday’s talk. So here are some links to related things: The introduction to my talk is here – Cyborg-Intro.pdf. It’s pretty rough and ready as I read it, rather than have others read it. I used the ASB Bank “Streamline” TV commercial as an example…
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I’ve been skimming through cognitive scientist/philosopher Andy Clark’s book “Natural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence” over the past couple of days and came across this bit near the end of the book. The drive toward biotechnological merger is deep within us—it is the direct expression of what is most characteristic of…
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Forbes Magazine has an article online about robots cropping up in real life – from vacuum cleaners to Lego. Associated with it are a couple of slideshows. See The Robots Are Coming! – Forbes.com For an example of how mainstream they are becoming, the NZ Listener is offering the prize of the robotic vacuum cleaner…