AI may appear human, but it is an illusion we must tackle.
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A Steller’s sea eagle, native to the Asian Arctic, has traveled across North America since 2021. A scholar questions whether the bird is lost – and how well humans really understand animals’ actions.
Machines have been getting better at mimicking improvisation. But can this distinctly human process serve as a bulwark against the mechanization of life and art?
The 1921 play R.U.R. introduced the world to the word ‘robots’. Its plot is remarkably similar to robot stories told today.
Amazon’s planned upcoming ‘Just Walk Out’ technology will let customers take items off a store’s shelf, bag them, and walk straight out.
A self-taught AI beat humans at their own game – here’s how they did it.
The robot revolution is happening right but how much do you know about the impact of programmable machines in your everyday life?
An expert argues our connection with these figures is longstanding. They are embedded in our myths and help us explore deeper questions about being human.
Computational technologies impact on every human right.
It is just as much for our own sake, as for the sake of robots, that we should begin recognising the rights of intelligent machines.
We’ve all seen videos of satellites being blasted off into space - but once they’re locked in orbit around the earth, how do we bring them back down?
Rather than fret about how many jobs future technologies will destroy, we should focus on how to shape them so that they complement the workforce of tomorrow.
Why are there 60 minutes in an hour, and not 10? Why do we count up to 10, anyway? Quentin, age five, wants to know.
Research on molecular machines won last year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry. Now scientists have figured out a way to get these tiny molecules to join forces and collaborate on real work on a macro scale.
A CSIRO report suggests Australian manufacturers need to better design custom products and hook into global supply chains to survive.
Computers are taking over our jobs, but this doesn’t have to be a bad thing.
Intelligent machines are taking on many of the jobs once carried out by humans but that doesn’t mean we’ll have mass unemployment.
Some suggest half of current jobs will be lost to automation over the next decade or two. But it’s far too early to pit man versus machine.
When it comes to weapons with artificial intelligence, there’s an argument for keeping a human in charge of some of the action.
As machines get ever more complex as we strive to make them complete more complex tasks, it’s time to ask again: will they ever be able to think? But what is thinking anyway?
Top contributors
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Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Australia's Chief Scientist, Office of the Chief Scientist
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Director, CSIRO Manufacturing, CSIRO
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PhD in machine ethics, University of Canterbury
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Senior lecturer, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer at the Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor Emeritus of Human Resource Studies and Research Fellow at the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, Cornell University
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW
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Kautz-Uible Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Cincinnati
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Dartmouth College
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Strathclyde
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Westminster