The Joy of Tech comic... A gathering of robots!
— DougThe Joy of Tech comic... A gathering of robots!
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AI, Apple and Google — Benedict Evans
— DougAI, Apple and Google — Benedict Evans
There are really two things going on here - you’re using voice to fill in a dialogue box for a query, and that dialogue box can run queries that might not have been possible before. Both of these are enabled by machine learning, but …
‘We Hardly Understand Anything’: Rodney Brooks On Artificial Intelligence | Radio Boston
— Doug‘We Hardly Understand Anything’: Rodney Brooks On Artificial Intelligence | Radio Boston
If you’re going to talk about robots, there’s no better person to talk with than Rodney Brooks. He’s the former director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He’s also co-founder of two …
Robot Surgeons Are Taking Over the Operating Room - IEEE Spectrum
— DougRobot Surgeons Are Taking Over the Operating Room - IEEE Spectrum
Advanced surgical robots are already helping doctors perform operations with previously unimaginable precision. But fairly soon, doctors may be able to hand the scalpel over entirely—at least for simple, repetitive procedures—freeing up human surgeons’ valuable time for more …
Researchers want robots to feel pain | The Verge
— DougResearchers want robots to feel pain | The Verge
Researchers in Germany are developing a way for robots to feel pain, in the hopes that doing so will enable them to better protect humans. The researchers, from Leibniz University of Hannover, are working on an "artificial robot nervous system to teach …
Rethinking Knowledge in the Internet Age - Los Angeles Review of Books
— DougRethinking Knowledge in the Internet Age - Los Angeles Review of Books
The internet started out as the Information Highway, the Great Emancipator of knowledge, and as an assured tool for generating a well-informed citizenry. But, over the past 15 years, that optimism has given way to cynicism and fear — we …
Economy
— DougRobots are doing more and more human jobs. We need a plan on how the majority of humans will survive when there is no work for them to do. How do we need to change our economy so that everyone benefits from the work robots are doing, not just the …
Fast
— DougRobots are faster than we are. How long before we just race robots?
http://www.slashgear.com/puma-made-a-robotic-shoebox-to-help-runners-train-30438359/
Guns
— DougGuns won’t protect us from the robots.
http://boingboing.net/2016/04/26/riot-control-robot-unveiled-in.html
How should I parse user input in a text adventure game? - Game Development Stack Exchange
— LinkHow should I parse user input in a text adventure game? - Game Development Stack Exchange
Robots
— DougWe are all robots in one way or another. We all have goals and we all have constraints that we have to work within. There's nothing wrong with being a robot, we just have to accept it.
Bits of Cents — Disassembling the Dash
— DougBits of Cents — Disassembling the Dash
Disassembling the Dash On Thursday I got an email from Amazon saying I had been selected to try out two Dash buttons at zero cost. To be honest it as kind of surprising given that although we order from them plenty, I can’t …