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![Kirk Schneider: On Awe, Wonder and The Coming AI Age [book excerpt]](https://robotrepublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Screen-Shot-2017-11-15-at-2.16.19-AM-627x352.png)
Kirk Schneider: On Awe, Wonder and The Coming AI Age [book excerpt]
Does the coming AI and robotics revolution threaten the human experience of awe? And what if it did? Existential philosopher and author Dr. Kirk Schneider digs in …
Scott Robbins: Elon Musk’s Focus on Dystopian AI Detracts from the Real Threat
When it comes to responsible robotics and I, Elon Musk talks a good game. But he doesn’t walk the talk, says robot ethicist SCOTT ROBBINS. Here’s why that’s a problem.
Mary Wareham: Want To Worry About AI? Then Worry About This …
Instead of focusing on long term issues around AI and robotics, why not focus on more imminent concerns, asks Human Rights Watch’s MARY WAREHAM? Regulating autonomous weapons should be first on the list …
Skydio: This Drone Will Track You Down Like a Dog [cartoon]
The $2500 Skydio is a fully autonomous camera drone that can track anyone whose picture has ever been uploaded to the Internet. Cartoon by TED RALL …
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas: Forget the Flips, Folks. The Critical Thing Is What Happens Next ..
Boston Dynamics’ latest rev of its huge humanoid Atlas Robot has it doing backflips. But the real big here isn’t that it flips easily as it leaps from platform to platform. It’s how. By GINA SMITH
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Skydio: This Drone Will Track You Down Like a Dog [cartoon]
The $2500 Skydio is a fully autonomous camera drone that can track anyone whose picture has ever been uploaded to the Internet. Cartoon by TED RALL …
INFOGRAPHIC: The Future of Technology in Films
RobotRepublic — It feels like a lifetime ago, that time I interviewed futurist Alvin Toffler...
RoboPsych Podcast with Tom Guarriello: You Can’t Run and You Can’t Hide
Ubiquitous cameras aren't going anywhere, we know. But AI-equipped cameras are rapidly bringing forth the day when cameras watch anything. And there will be no escape, says Tom Guarriello on this week's RoboPsych podcast ...
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The Fake Obama That AI Built: How Scientists Did It and What’s Next
Researchers show how they used AI to make this video doppelganger of Barack Obama. VR producers will love it. So will conspiracy theorists. Watch it here.
![Report: Our Sexual Future with Robots [PDF]](https://robotrepublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/SexualFuture_Cover-150x150.jpg)
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Here’s The Ultimate CES 2018 Robot Roundup: Dogs, Sex Bots and All
Robot waiters, robot dogs, robot fighters, robot sexpots: Everyone's robot crazy at CES 2018 this year. Here's the ultimate CES 2018 robot video collection.
Jim Hendler: On AI, Accountability and Killer Robots
AI pioneer JIM HENDLER has some things to say about killer robots ...
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Infographic: A Panoply of Animal-Inspired Bio-Robots
Snakes, geckos and cockroaches are inspiring some of the wildest robots coming out of AI labs today. Check them out here in this bio-robot infographic.
![Ted Rall: Trump’s Space Force Desperately Needs a Space Wall [cartoon]](https://robotrepublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/3-19-18-1-440x264.jpg)
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Ted Rall: Say Hello to The RoboBankers
Deutsche Bank says that it could replace half of its 97,000 employees with robots within the next 20 years. Cartoon by TED RALL
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Skydio: This Drone Will Track You Down Like a Dog [cartoon]
The $2500 Skydio is a fully autonomous camera drone that can track anyone whose picture has ever been uploaded to the Internet. Cartoon by TED RALL …
![Predictive AI: Seeing Through the Chaos [infographic]](https://robotrepublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Seeing-through-chaos_home_v1-1-627x376.jpg)
Predictive AI: Seeing Through the Chaos [infographic]
Humans have been using the past to predict the future since forever. Predictive AI technologies do that at unprecedented speed and scale. Here's how.
RoboPsych Podcast with Tom Guarriello: You Can’t Run and You Can’t Hide
Ubiquitous cameras aren't going anywhere, we know. But AI-equipped cameras are rapidly bringing forth the day when cameras watch anything. And there will be no escape, says Tom Guarriello on this week's RoboPsych podcast ...
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![Ted Rall: Trump’s Space Force Desperately Needs a Space Wall [cartoon]](https://robotrepublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/3-19-18-1-627x376.jpg)
Ted Rall: Trump’s Space Force Desperately Needs a Space Wall [cartoon]
This time, Donald Trump blew up the Internet by riffing on his idea of a space force. If Trump...
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RIP Stanislav Petrov: The Soviet Who Saved The World in 1983 Has Died
Stanislav Petrov didn't believe his computer when it told him American nukes were on their way. Is such a save possible in the AI age?
Jim Hendler: An AI Lesson from Stanislav Petrov, the Man Who Saved the World
Those who develop AI and advanced robotic systems are well advised to follow the example of the late Russian Col. Stanislav Petrov. He is, after all, the man who saved the world. By JIM HENDLER
Circle The Globe In A Flying Car? That’s The Plan, PAL-V Execs Say
PAL-V wants to be first in the world to circle the globe in a flying car. It’s a great publicity stunt, but you’ll still need $400K or more to get on the list for one.
Scott Robbins: Why Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics and Ethical Robot Design Don’t Mix
Isaac Asimov’s Three Rules of Robotics fall apart in the real world. So why do some theorists insist on using them as the basis for ethical robot design? By SCOTT ROBBINS
The After On Podcast with Rob Reid: James Barrat’s Final Invention
In this episode of The After On Podcast, Rob Reid talks to filmmaker James Barrat about his new book, Final Invention. Listen here …
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