Are the robots about to rise?
Google's new director of engineering
thinks so…
Robots will be smarter than us all by 2029, warns Google futurologists Ray Kurzweil popularised the Teminator-like moment he called the 'singularity', when artificial intelligence overtakes human thinking. But now the man who hopes to be immortal is involved in the very same quest –
on behalf of the tech behemoth. Google.
By 2029, computers will be able to understand our language, learn from experience and outsmart even the most intelligent humans, according to Google's director of engineering
Ray Kurzweil.
One of the world's leading futurologists and artificial intelligence (AI) developers, 66-year-old Kurzweil has previous form in making accurate predictions about the way technology is heading.
In 1990 he said a computer would be capable of beating a chess champion by 1998 - a feat managed by IBM's Deep Blue, against Garry Kasparov, in 1997.
In 1990 he said a computer would be capable of beating a chess champion by 1998 - a feat managed by IBM's Deep Blue, against Garry Kasparov, in 1997.
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Video gallery: Meet Google's new Robotic Circus
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When Google announced earlier this month that a secret division of the company had been buying up robotics companies for the past six months the internet got excited.
When the news broke this week that they had bought Boston Dynamics, the internet got really excited.
When the news broke this week that they had bought Boston Dynamics, the internet got really excited.
This is because Boston Dynamics makes some of the most fascinating and technologically advanced robots the web has seen - and thankfully they don't stint in uploading footage of their creations to YouTube either.
Although the acquisition doesn't mean that Google Glass-wearing robots are going to start tramping through your living room in an effort to complete work on Street View Home, it's exciting to look at the varied creations that Boston Dynamics will be bringing to Google's robotic stables and imagine a future where the search giant's
'Don't be evil' motto blends with Asimov's first law of robotics.
Although the acquisition doesn't mean that Google Glass-wearing robots are going to start tramping through your living room in an effort to complete work on Street View Home, it's exciting to look at the varied creations that Boston Dynamics will be bringing to Google's robotic stables and imagine a future where the search giant's
'Don't be evil' motto blends with Asimov's first law of robotics.
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Big Dog and LS3:
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Rounding off this introduction to Boston Dynamics' bots is perhaps the most endearingly determined of all the company's creations; RHex is a small six-legged bot that has a number of "specialised gaits that devour rough terrain
with minimal operator input".
Essentially this means that although RHex's walking style looks silly, it can happily
splash through shallow streams and stamp its way over rocky paths. A fully sealed
body keeps it working in any environment and it can also be remotely controlled by
an operator up to 700 metres away. Let's just hope that when Google doles out
delivery duties, RHex gets the job rather than the terrifying PetMan.
splash through shallow streams and stamp its way over rocky paths. A fully sealed
body keeps it working in any environment and it can also be remotely controlled by
an operator up to 700 metres away. Let's just hope that when Google doles out
delivery duties, RHex gets the job rather than the terrifying PetMan.
- UK Independent
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Wingman's Take on Robots in our Future
First off, I've Read Ray Kurzweil's book The Singularity
and it IS Near..
I'm into my third reading because there's a whole
lot of stuff in there...
Wingman.
I've also Read the Even More Frightening Book by Daniel Suarez about self-aware killing drones called Kill Decision.
The Sky Net Pieces are indeed falling into place.
Ray Kurzweil's book The Singularity is Near
Daniel Suarez's book Kill Decision
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Daemon comes a terrifying glimpse at
the next phase in drone warfare.
the next phase in drone warfare.
Preview First Chapter in PDF Format
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