Hello world by Hannah Fry 2018
Accessible introduction to the use of algorithms in everyday life. Fry’s book walks its reader...
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THE SENTIENT ROBOT
This site is for everyone interested in two of today's big topics, consciousness and artificial intelligence. It explores whether consciousness can be instantiated in a robot or artificial intelligence entity. Can artificial intelligence become self aware? Is artificial consciousness possible? It considers if robots could have emotions or even feelings. Could there be conscious AI or conscious robots? The site is a go-to, constantly updated repository of summaries and synopses of books, articles, papers, media and events that touch on the human properties of sentience and self awareness. The site explores whether such features can be uploaded into AI and robots.
FEATURED POSTS
Fei-Fei Li and Yuval Noah Harari in conversation on The Coming AI Upheaval 24 April 2019
No conclusions reached but a good airing of the problem. The case for the prosecution (Harari)...
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One of these is a power drill by Chris Baraniuk in NewScientist 270419
AI uses one method to do object recognition; humans use two. Everyone is familiar with the AI...
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TOPIC CATEGORIES
AI
Hello world by Hannah Fry 2018
Accessible introduction to the use of algorithms in everyday life. Fry’s book walks its reader...
Read MoreETHOLOGY
Chimps are losing their culture by Michael Marshall in NewScientist 16 March 2019
Chimps are losing their cultural diversity due to too many humans. Researchers have shown a clear...
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Did hominins evolve in Europe by Colin Barras in NewScientist 20 April 2010
The history of human evolution takes another twist. New research suggests that mankind’s hominin...
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Chimp signals a bit like human speech in NewScientist 23 February 2019
Maybe human language is not as distinctive as previously thought. Researchers have been looking at...
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One of these is a power drill by Chris Baraniuk in NewScientist 270419
AI uses one method to do object recognition; humans use two. Everyone is familiar with the AI...
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Has religion been good or bad for humanity by Harvey Whitehouse? in NewScientist 6 April 2019
It rather depends on how you define good and bad. Whitehouse asks whether religion has played an...
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