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Jul 18, 2015

Robots pass ‘wise-men puzzle’ to show a degree of self-awareness

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A trio of Nao robots has passed a modified version of the “wise man puzzle” and in so doing have taken another step towards demonstrating self-awareness in robotics. The feat was demonstrated at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York to the press prior to a presentation to be given at next month’s RO-MAN conference in Kobe, Japan.

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Jul 17, 2015

This Robot Just Passed a Rudimentary Self-awareness Test

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It’s nothing to get too excited or alarmed about, but a robot has passed a modified version of the classic King’s Wise Men Test. It’s another classic case of simulation rather than emulation, but the experiment shows how artificial self-awareness can be programmed into our technology.

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Jul 17, 2015

Will AI Drive the Human Race Off a Cliff? — Sharon Gaudin | Computerworld

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Virtual face of artificial intelligence circuits and binary data

“‘The solution is to have people become better people and use technology for good,’ she said. ‘Texting is dangerous. People text while driving, which leads to accidents, but no one says, ‘Let’s remove texting from cell phones.’” Read more

Jul 16, 2015

Hotel ‘staffed’ entirely by robots unveiled in Japan

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Businessman insists hotel, with no human workers, is not a gimmick and will cut operating costs.

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Jul 16, 2015

Robots Can’t Kill You—and Claiming They Can is Dangerous — Ron Chrisley | Gizmodo

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“Since robots don’t have responsibility, humans are the ones responsible for what robots do. However, as robots become more prevalent, it will increasingly appear as if they actually have their own autonomy and intentions, for which it will seem they can and should be held responsible.” Read more

Jul 15, 2015

Luna: Open Source Artificial Intelligence Demo

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The worlds most advanced chatbot?

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Jul 13, 2015

Google and NASA’s Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab

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A peek at the early days of the Quantum AI Lab: a partnership between NASA, Google, USRA, and a 512-qubit D-Wave Two quantum computer. Learn more at http://google.com/+QuantumAILab.

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Jul 13, 2015

You’re Using Neural Networks Every Day Online — Here’s How They Work

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If you use Google’s new Photos app, Microsoft’s Cortana, or Skype’s new translation function, you’re using a form of AI on a daily basis. AI was first dreamed up in the 1950s, but has only recently become a practical reality — all thanks to software systems called neural networks. This is how they work.

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Jul 11, 2015

IBM Watson CTO: Quantum computing could advance artificial intelligence

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IBM Watson CTO: Quantum computing could advance artificial intelligence by orders of magnitude.

Quantum computers have already been used to test artificial intelligence by researchers in China, albeit in a very limited capacity. Earlier in 2015, a team from the country’s University of Science and Technology developed a quantum system capable of recognising handwritten characters in a demonstration they dubbed quantum artificial intelligence.

This demonstration was on a quantum computer using only four qubits, leading to speculation of what a system using hundreds – or even thousands – of qubits would be capable of. Such machines do not yet exist, at least not commercially, but Canada-based quantum computing firm D-Wave systems recently claimed it has built a 1,000 qubit quantum computer.

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Jul 11, 2015

Is consciousness an engineering problem? – Michael Graziano – Aeon

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We could build an artificial brain that believes itself to be conscious. Does that mean we have solved the hard problem?

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