robots

  • Niños deberían evitar robots de compañía de IA bajo el rigor de la ley, según una evaluación

    Khari Johnson CalMatters Los niños no deberían hablar con chatbots de compañía, ya que estas interacciones pueden provocar autolesiones y agravar problemas de salud mental y adicciones. Esto según una evaluación de riesgos realizada por Common Sense Media, un grupo de defensa de los derechos de los niños, con...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Robots To The Rescue

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Robots are increasingly integral to addressing environmental challenges, from cleaning oceans to aiding reforestation. For instance, Clearbot removes some 15 liters of oil and 200 kilograms of trash from oceans daily, mitigating marine pollution. Robots also accelerate tree planting, restoring forests faster and...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Robots al rescate

    Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss EarthTalk Los robots contribuyen cada vez más a resolver los problemas medioambientales, desde la limpieza de los océanos hasta la reforestación. Por ejemplo, Clearbot retira diariamente unos 15 litros de petróleo y 200 kilos de basura de los océanos, mitigando la contaminación marina. Los...
  • Q&A: Un ingeniero en robótica habla sobre los robots favoritos, la nueva película The Creator y por qué no debemos temer a la inteligencia artificial, por ahora

    Arturo Hilario El Observador Las máquinas y los seres humanos han tenido una relación increíble. Desde las primeras creaciones mecánicas que utilizaban la fuerza humana para moverse hasta la máquina de vapor y ahora el chip de silicona, la tecnología ha permitido a estos asistentes de la humanidad una...
  • Q&A: Robotics Engineer talks Favorite robots, new film The Creator, and why we shouldn’t fear Artificial Intelligence – just yet

    Arturo Hilario El Observador Machines and human beings have had an incredible relationship. From the first mechanical creations that used human power to move to the steam engine and now the silicone chip, technology has allowed these assistants to humanity a greater depth of technical functionality and abilities that...
  • Intimacy with Robots is Almost Here

    Shelly Palmer  Season 1 of HBO’s Westworld reboot completely captured my imagination, so in honor of the premiere of Season 2, I thought it would be fun to revisit just one of the mind-bending techno-ethics questions sparked by the series. BTW: This article was originally published on December 11, 2016....
  • The 5 Jobs Robots Will Take Last

    Shelly Palmer Last week, I compiled a list of the 5 jobs robots will take first. Today, let’s have a go at the 5 jobs robots will take last. For this article only, let’s define “robots” as technologies, such as machine learning algorithms running on purpose-built computer platforms, that...
  • The 5 Jobs Robots Will Take First

    Shelly Palmer Oxford University researchers have estimated that 47 percent of U.S. jobs could be automated within the next two decades. But which ones will robots take first? First, we should define “robots” (for this article only) as technologies, such as machine learning algorithms running on purpose-built computer platforms,...
  • Robot Loving is Almost Here

    Shelly Palmer  Westworld has inspired some of the best, most engaging (mercifully apolitical) conversations I’ve had in a very long while. The series is both entertaining and thought-provoking. If you haven’t seen it, Westworld is an HBO series, based on the 1973 Michael Crichton movie, about a futuristic amusement...
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