Are Killer Robots the Future of War? Parsing the Facts on Autonomous Weapons
Under what circumstances should militaries delegate the decision to take a human life to machines? It’s a moral leap that the international community is grappling with.
UC Berkeley professor helps create viral video to warn about killer robots
The seven minute video features a dramatic story about tiny drones that are programmed to kill and require no human guidance. In the fictitious story, the technology was developed for good, but is taken over by unknown forces that launch mass killings.
DeepMind, Elon Musk and others pledge not to make autonomous AI weapons
During the Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, the Future of Life Institute announced that more than 2,400 individuals and 160 companies and organizations have signed a pledge, declaring that they will "neither participate in nor support the development, manufact
Rolls-Royce teams up with Intel to build autonomous ships
Rolls-Royce has announced that it's working with Intel to create cargo vessels that can navigate the oceans without a human crew onboard. Instead, the ships will have LIDAR, radar, thermal cameras and HD cameras as part of its intelligence awareness system.
Stop Me if You've Heard This One: A Robot and a Team of Irish Scientists Walk Into a Senior Living Home
To better understand the role artificial intelligence might play in eldercare, a handful of Trinity researchers, along with a robot named Stevie, moved into a retirement home for months-long stretche to understand what aging people and the staff that care for them might want f
Are Robots About To Enter The Healthcare Workforce?
There are a number of hurdles to overcome before robots are a common feature of care environments, including keeping them secure from hackers, ensuring compliance with privacy regulations and legal challenges surrounding liability for decisions made by the robots.
Competition heats up to develop care robots for dementia patients
Research institutes and companies are rushing to develop care robots for a growing number of senior citizens suffering from dementia to ease the burden on family members who take care of them.
The promise and pitfalls of using robots to care for the elderly
A growing number of real-world researchers and companies are developing tools designed for exactly this task. And, despite what you might initially fear, the results are really promising.
Meet Zora, the Robot Caregiver
This robot is at the centre of an experiment in France to change care for elderly patients.