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Robotics

On Apr 12, 2019
@robotsapp shared
RT @TERCtweets: How many different types of robots can you name? TERC staff who have been doing exploratory work in early childhood robotics recommend this article that explains the different types: https://t.co/uK01z3ApDp #NationalRoboticsWeek @RoboWeek
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Types of Robots

Learn about different types of robots, including self-driving cars, consumer robots, humanoids, industrial and medical robots.

On Apr 12, 2019
@PeterDiamandis shared
RT @singularityu: In his latest blog, @PeterDiamandis explores how exponential technologies, such as AI, robotics, and drones are transforming the future of disaster relief. https://t.co/Xeaw0GzQgz
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AI and Robotics Are Transforming Disaster Relief

Armed with the power of data broadcasting and the force of the crowd, disaster victims now play a vital role in emergency response.

On Apr 12, 2019
@ericoguizzo shared
Video Friday: Soft Robots, and More https://t.co/ZWRPhJDesM
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Video Friday: Soft Robots, and More

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

On Apr 12, 2019
@robotsapp shared
RT @TERCtweets: How many different types of robots can you name? TERC staff who have been doing exploratory work in early childhood robotics recommend this article that explains the different types: https://t.co/uK01z3ApDp #NationalRoboticsWeek @RoboWeek
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Types of Robots

Learn about different types of robots, including self-driving cars, consumer robots, humanoids, industrial and medical robots.

On Apr 12, 2019
@PeterDiamandis shared
RT @singularityu: In his latest blog, @PeterDiamandis explores how exponential technologies, such as AI, robotics, and drones are transforming the future of disaster relief. https://t.co/Xeaw0GzQgz
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AI and Robotics Are Transforming Disaster Relief

Armed with the power of data broadcasting and the force of the crowd, disaster victims now play a vital role in emergency response.

On Apr 12, 2019
@ericoguizzo shared
Video Friday: Soft Robots, and More https://t.co/ZWRPhJDesM
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Video Friday: Soft Robots, and More

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

Research

On Apr 10, 2019
@Miles_Brundage shared
RT @DeepMindAI: Our new blog post overviews unsupervised learning, a paradigm for creating artificial intelligence that learns about data without a particular task in mind. Read more about how we might teach computers to learn for the sake of learning: https://t.co/BmZU5dsih2
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Unsupervised learning: the curious pupil

Unsupervised learning is a paradigm designed to create autonomous intelligence by rewarding computer programs for learning about the data they observe without a particular task in mind--in ...

On Apr 12, 2019
@elonmusk shared
RT @lexfridman: Here's my conversation with @elonmusk on the Artificial Intelligence podcast. Focus was on Tesla Autopilot & last week's release of @MIT research on functional vigilance. My hope is this catalyzes further nuanced conversation about AI & safety in driving. https://t.co/hMIHYBRJnd
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Elon Musk: Tesla Autopilot | Artificial Intelligence (AI) Podcast

Elon Musk is the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and a co-founder of several other companies. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podca...

On Apr 10, 2019
@erichorvitz shared
#MSRPodcast w/ Marc Pollefeys, https://t.co/QN22LzeWPd director of the new Microsoft-ETH research effort in Zurich. Marc shares thoughts about advances in in machine vision, mixed reality--and computing futures @mapo1 @ETH_en @compcomcon @IEEEorg @acmeducation @MSFTResearch
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Holograms, spatial anchors and the future of computer vision with Dr. Marc Pollefeys

On today’s podcast, Dr. Pollefeys brings us up to speed on the latest in computer vision research, including his innovative work with Azure Spatial Anchors, tells us how devices like Kinect ...

Ethics

On Apr 14, 2019
@johnchavens shared
RT @NetizenFour: I'd be curious to see a 'compare and contrast' between the #AI_HLEG Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence and @IEEESA Ethically Aligned Design. https://t.co/KDUZ8vxrGT @johnchavens @ThomasMetzinger @EthicalBAU @Floridi @j2bryson @ShannonVallor @C___CS
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EU guidelines Ethics washing made in Europe

On Tuesday, the EU has published ethics guidelines for artificial intelligence. A member of the expert group that drew up the paper says: This is a case of ethical white-washing.

On Apr 13, 2019
@johnchavens shared
RT @raja_chatila: Europe's Quest For Ethics In Artificial Intelligence https://t.co/bzX1xg7mmg
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Europe's Quest For Ethics In Artificial Intelligence

A group of EU experts just published Ethics Guidelines for AI. The European Commission aims to make them a standard for Europe and the whole world. What will this mean for the future of the ...

On Apr 10, 2019
@RickKing16 shared
RT @katecrawford: This was SO fun. @karaswisher interviewed @mer__edith and I on why we founded the @AINowInstitute, with some real talk about the AI industry, ethics boards, inequality, and the future of regulation. ⚡️https://t.co/Qi4l6Ba0Dk
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Artificial intelligence is already here. How will it change your life?

AI Now Institute founders Kate Crawford and Meredith Whittaker explain everything you need to know on the latest Recode Decode.

Applied Use Cases

On Apr 15, 2019
@Miles_Brundage shared
RT @nytimesworld: Chinese surveillance systems are sorting people based on whether they are Uighurs, members of an ethnic minority group. With that, China moves into an uncertain new world of using technology for racial profiling. https://t.co/fu2ARR99dC
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One Month, 500,000 Face Scans: How China Is Using A.I. to Profile a Minority

In a major ethical leap for the tech world, Chinese start-ups have built algorithms that the government uses to track members of a largely Muslim minority group.

On Apr 10, 2019
@sidneyfussell shared
RT @MIT_CSAIL: 3 years ago MIT grad student Katie Bouman led the creation of a new algorithm to produce the first-ever image of a black hole. Today, that image was released. More info: https://t.co/WITAL1omGl 2016 story: https://t.co/QV7Zf2snEP #EHTblackhole #EventHorizonTelescope https://t.co/u6FBswmGDZ
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A method to image black holes

New algorithm could stitch together astronomical measurements made across the globe.

On Apr 10, 2019
@Miles_Brundage shared
RT @DeepMindAI: Our new blog post overviews unsupervised learning, a paradigm for creating artificial intelligence that learns about data without a particular task in mind. Read more about how we might teach computers to learn for the sake of learning: https://t.co/BmZU5dsih2
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Unsupervised learning: the curious pupil

Unsupervised learning is a paradigm designed to create autonomous intelligence by rewarding computer programs for learning about the data they observe without a particular task in mind--in ...