Videos of humanoid robots dancing and performing backflips in the lab notwithstanding, robots that wash your dishes and fold your laundry are still years away. A roboticist explains why.
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BlenderBot3’s distaste for its creator sits uncomfortably with its taciturn approach to hate speech.
Plans for a drone superhighway could change our skies.
Anduril says it is “transforming US & allied military capabilities with advanced technology” – and it’s setting up shop in Australia.
AI algorithm that detects brain abnormalities could help cure epilepsy.
One in 14 Premier League footballers receives online abuse every day.
Artificial intelligence can generate text much quicker and cheaper than professional human writers. Soon, AI will have the capacity to produce text that is indistinguishable from a human writer.
Lovelock’s Gaia hypothesis suggested that Earth could be considered a single, self-regulating organism.
Artificial intelligence is developing quickly, and Australian law needs to catch up.
Climate adaptation, digital transformation and geopolitical shifts are among the ‘megatrends’ Australia must navigate to thrive in the coming decades.
To build a true artificial mind, first map out how thinking works. Enter the Common Model of Cognition.
Irony is linked to the ability to say one thing while thinking another – which means it’s also intrinsic to being human. What does new research into artificial intelligence and irony reveal?
Competition between corporations drives innovation and development. But when it comes to artificial intelligence systems, the prevention of harm should be more important.
Infants approach the physical world with some ‘principled expectations’ about how it works. What happens when an AI system is programmed this way?
Existing brain connections may influence the effectiveness of neurostimulation. Tailoring treatments to each individual brain could expand the number of conditions brain stimulation can treat.
It’s time we stopped using the brain as shorthand for machines
A new AI tool that writes computer code on demand has programmers considering their future.
A Google engineer’s claims that a chatbot can feel things has prompted people to consider what consciousness means. It also begs the questions of the rights of sentient software and machines.
Big data from social media have been revealed as biased, but we should also pay attention to agriculture firms whose play for big data is likely to have detrimental environmental and social impacts.
Fluent expression is not always evidence of a mind at work, but the human brain is primed to believe so. A pair of cognitive linguistics experts explain why language is not a good test of sentience.
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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PhD in machine ethics, University of Canterbury
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Assistant Professor, Psychology, Concordia University
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Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology & Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Art & AI Lab, Rutgers University
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James Martin Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute & Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Director of the Sheffield Robotics Institute, University of Sheffield
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Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University
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Research Fellow in AI Accountability, Queensland University of Technology
