Tag: Robots

Sarah Silverman’s Kindness Towards a Sexist Troll is the Lesson We All Need

It’s so easy to forget sometimes that behind every username on the Internet is a real person with a life and a story of their own. It’s especially easy to forget when that person is a troll, or someone whose opinions and beliefs differ from yours. Comedian and actress Sarah Silverman has been working hard to understand those with different opinions. Her Hulu show,...

One Year Short: Why Akam Hamak Left Computer Science to Build Full-Time

Most people who study computer science finish the degree. Akam Hamak got within a single year of his and walked away. The decision looks reckless from the outside and, on closer inspection, is one of the more calculated moves he has made. By the time he was in university, Hamak was already building. He had taught himself to code as a teenager, taken payment in...
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Study Warns: Half of Our Jobs Will Disappear in the Next 25 Years

Although unemployment sounds like an inherently negative concept, an ideal, functioning government has to maintain a small percentage of unemployed workers at all times....

This Creepy Robot Said it Straight: She Wants to Destroy Humans

There is no getting around it. Humanoid robots are going to be our servers, coworkers and well, possibly our killers. Okay, maybe we are...

Inside OpenAI: Elon Musk’s Billion Dollar Project to Build AI for Everyone

In the race to develop artificial intelligence, one player is fielding an uncommon strategy. OpenAI, an initiative launched last December, sets itself apart from...

This Uncrushable Cockroach Robot Wants to Rescue You

It’s been said that if there was ever a nuclear apocalypse, the only living creature likely to remain will be a cockroach. Why? Because...

This Robot Might Be the Future of DIY Surgery

In the 2013 Matt Damon sci-fi movie Elysium, the rich live on a space station where every home is equipped with a medical device...

Robot Journalists Are Taking Over the Associated Press Newsroom

Those news articles that pop up in your Facebook feed about Coca-Cola's new business venture or the latest development in Middle East oil politics,...

A Robot Is About To Hitchhike Across Canada

There was a time in America's past where hitchhiking was a common thing. People in need of a ride and short on cash thought...

Engineers In Florida Have Just Created A Working RoboCop

Crime in the future is going to be a lot more difficult. Between flying police drones and a new RoboCop prototype created at Florida...

AI Tried to Create Inspirational Quotes, and it Went Hilariously Wrong

AI is a concept that both excites and terrifies us. Machine learning systems are set to revolutionize and streamline the way we live, work,...

Inside the Life of People Married to Robots

Zheng Jiajia is an engineer and a graduate of Zhejiang University. He is 31 years old and married to a beautiful young woman named...