A new report suggests that over a quarter of 18-34 year-olds will feel it’s normal to form friendships and even romantic relationships with robots in the future.
Artificial muscles give soft robots superpowers
Soft robotics has made leaps and bounds over the last decade as researchers around the world have experimented with different materials and designs to allow once rigid, jerky machines to bend and flex in ways that mimic and can interact more naturally with living organisms. However, increased flexibility and dexterity has a trade-off of reduced strength, as softer materials are generally not as strong or resilient as inflexible ones, which limits their use.
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Why we are still convinced robots will take our jobs despite the evidence
Computer-based technologies in the workplace are suggested to be causing a reduction in the total amount of work available.
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“Top 25 Inventions of 2017 – Jibo – A Robot You Can Relate To”
Personal robots, such as Amazon Echo and Google Home, have come a long way in recent years. But fundamentally, they’re still stationary speakers whose defining expression is a light that turns on when you speak.
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Watch ‘Slaughterbots,’ a warning about the future of killer bots
The Future of Life Institute channels ‘Black Mirror’ in its short film warning about the danger of autonomous killer robots.
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Human legacies when robots rule the world
Machines have been displacing humans on job tasks for several centuries, and for seventy years many of these machines have been controlled by computers.
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Edible robot surgeons will cure you from the inside out
Back in 1985, the best robotic surgeon we had was the Puma 560, a manipulator arm just barely more advanced than Rocky Balboa’s robo-butler. Just barely. The Puma was nevertheless revolutionary. It was the very first mechanical operator, progenitor to steady-handed robo-surgeons like the DaVinci system. But in the near future, robots will no longer be cutting into us — from the outside, at least.
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Humans and robots are on the cusp of a sexual intimacy we may never reverse
If you could construct a sexual partner that was faithful, beautiful, and responsive to your every wish, would you?
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Robots and AI are going to make social inequality even worse, says new report
Rich people are going to find it easier to adapt to automation.
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Robots are preparing to fill 200,000 vacant construction jobs
As Futurist Thomas Frey says, “As long as we have problems, we’ll always have jobs.”
Automation has long been considered the harbinger of future unemployment, and experts have predicted that the widespread adoption of artificially intelligent (AI) software and smart machines could lead to thousands or even millions of people losing their jobs.
However, that may not be the case in the construction industry. In fact, with a growing shortage in labor, it’s one sector that’s particularly well-suited for an automation takeover.
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Your next job interview could be with a recruiter bot
Some worry artificial intelligence will steal human jobs — but one startup is betting that its AI will actually help you get a job.
San Francisco-based Mya Systems has developed an AI recruiter that can evaluate resumes, schedule and conduct applicant screenings, and even congratulate you on your first day of work.
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A.I. killed 800,000 jobs in the U.K., but created 3.5 million new ones
First Amazon announced plans to fully automate its new brick and mortar store with robots. Then we learned that Foxconn plans to automate 30 percent of its factory workforce by 2018. And recently, Wendy’s announced plans to add automated kiosks at more than 1,000 stores. One thing is clear — robots are changing the way we live and work.
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