#artificial intelligence


# tech    

that's not what we meant by iron chef…

The next job in line to get automated seems to be line cooks, raising even more alarms about the future of work and the economy.
that's not what we meant by iron chef…

# tech    

why you can't marry a robot, or, electrogonorrhea, the noisy killer, revisited

Tech pundits keep pitching anatomically correct robots built to be interactive sex toys as a solution for many societal woes despite a lot of red flags that it won't work.
why you can't marry a robot, or, electrogonorrhea, the noisy killer, revisited

# tech    

why shouldn't robots write you a speeding ticket? they're just not smart or lenient enough.

Computers respect the letter of the law, but they can't understand the spirit. That's why they're terrible at real world policing.
why shouldn't robots write you a speeding ticket? they're just not smart or lenient enough.

# tech    

a moral dilemma for an intelligent search engine

If you're openly sorting search results with an AI, you're taking on certain responsibilities for which Google might not be ready...
a moral dilemma for an intelligent search engine

# tech    

feared are the machines: for they shall inherit the universe?

Could alien AI be the dominant life form in the universe instead of its organic creators?
feared are the machines: for they shall inherit the universe?

# tech    

trying to ban killer robots before they arrive

The international community is trying to jump ahead of autonomous killer robots, but the messiness of war means they have few answers to the crisis they imagine.
trying to ban killer robots before they arrive

# tech    

why you just can't black box an a.i.

AI enthusiasts love to write about machines as black boxes with inputs and outputs because they don't know how they would actually be built.
why you just can't black box an a.i.

# tech    

how to make random machines do your bidding

How do you connect multiple robots into a single hive mind? Yours truly has been trying to come up with a way to do exactly that.
how to make random machines do your bidding

# tech    

new name, new accent, same old singularity…

A Singularity by any other name is still just a utopian cold reading of where technology is headed.
new name, new accent, same old singularity…

# tech    

are new computers really after your desk job?

Don't worry about most white collar office jobs being replaced by machines. At least not yet...
are new computers really after your desk job?

# tech    

why do we want to build a fully fledged a.g.i.?

Artificial General Intelligence, or a synthetic mind, might not be possible to build. But if it were, would we even want to create one?
why do we want to build a fully fledged a.g.i.?

# tech    

the amazing intuitive, understanding a.i.?

As aspiring AI designer picks a very passionate fight with a way of thinking about AI that's been dead for three decades.
the amazing intuitive, understanding a.i.?

# tech    

will artificial intelligence need a therapist, redux

If you're going to be a self-described AI psychologist, you have to understand how AI actually works.
will artificial intelligence need a therapist, redux

# tech    

the a.i. world's mind-body dualism dilemma

Does an artificial intelligence need a body to truly become what we could consider intelligent?
the a.i. world's mind-body dualism dilemma

# space    

how intelligent can we make our space probes?

We can make our space rovers and probes much smarter than they are today. But we have to get innovative to protect them from alien environments.
how intelligent can we make our space probes?

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