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Scientists built a computer that can beat you at classic Atari games
Computers have already beaten humans at chess and "Jeopardy!," and now they can add one more feather to their caps: the ability to best humans in several classic arcade games.A team of scientists at...
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Here’s how close we are to the AI robot in the new movie ‘Chappie’
The new film "Chappie" features an artificially intelligent robot that becomes sentient and must learn to navigate the competing forces of kindness and corruption in a human world.Directed by Neill...
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Critics are wrong — here's why 'Chappie' is incredibly underrated
Fans of "District 9" will have no trouble recognizing Neill Blomkamp's footprint in "Chappie," the Canadian-South African director's third feature film about a titanium police droid that gains...
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No, Bridgewater didn't just build a team of robotic traders — they've had...
In February, Bloomberg reported that Ray Dalio's Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund with $160 billion in assets, was building a new artificial intelligence team under senior...
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Bill Gates thinks super machines could eventually become smarter than humans...
Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates thinks we have reason to be concerned about the threats artificial intelligence could pose to our future. According to Gates, there are two main ways...
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Steve Wozniak: 'Computers are going to take over from humans'
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak has revealed that he's increasingly worried about the threat that Artificial Intelligence (AI) poses to humanity."Computers are going to take over from humans," the...
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Here's why AI is not going to destroy humanity
Elon Musk is terrified of artificial intelligence (AI). The founder of SpaceX and Tesla Motors predicts it'll soon be "potentially more dangerous than nukes," and recently he gave $10 million toward...
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Some AI robots can already pass part of the Turing test
Artificial Intelligence will rule Hollywood (intelligently) in 2015, with a slew of both iconic and new robots hitting the screen. From the Turing-bashing "Ex Machina" to old friends R2-D2 and C-3PO,...
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5 things Elon Musk believed would change the future of humanity... in 1995
So what drives a game-changing figure like Elon Musk?That's what Neil deGrasse Tyson was wondering when he got the chance to interview Musk for the March 22 episode of his StarTalk Radio podcast.Musk...
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Here's the concept art that inspired the robot from the year's best sci-fi movie
Artificial Intelligence has become a popular topic in movies recently, ranging as far in themes from gun-toting Chappie to the lovable Baymax in "Big Hero 6."But "Ex Machina," opening in limited...
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The Apple Watch is a misunderstood bridge to the future
The first Apple Watch reviews came out this week, and they weren't great.Reviewers did praise the design and the way it lets you leave your phone in your pocket more, and blogger John Gruber had a...
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Why Artificial Intelligence in movies has been elevated thanks to this sci-fi...
Artificial Intelligence has fascinated filmmakers as far back as the 1920s with Fritz Lang's dazzling "Metropolis.” Recently, AI has found its way more frequently into movies.Look at "Her,""Big Hero...
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Ginni Rometty is now referring to IBM's super smart computer Watson as a 'he'...
A couple years ago, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty told the world that there was nothing to fear when it came to Watson, IBM's computer that is, arguably, the smartest, most human-like computer ever built.In an...
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A robot just started her job as the receptionist at Japan's oldest department...
Tokyo (AFP) - She can smile, she can sing and this robot receptionist who started work in Tokyo on Monday never gets bored of welcoming customers to her upmarket shop."My name is ChihiraAico. How do...
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WHEN ROBOTS COLLUDE: Computers are adopting a legally questionable means to...
Algorithms can learn to collude. Two law professors, Ariel Ezrachi of Oxford and Maurice E. Stucke of the University of Tennessee, have a new working paper on how when computers take get involved in...
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Here are facial expressions of the best humanoid robots
Meet "Yangyang," China’s newest robot with the freakish ability to mimic human facial expressions. Earlier this week, Yangyang wore a full-length red coat, glasses, and lipstick, while she interacted...
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EXPERT: We've pretty much completely ignored safety factors in AI research...
As the new science fiction film "Ex Machina" puts it, artificial intelligence (AI) could be "the greatest scientific event in the history of man."But tech giants like Bill Gates and Elon Musk have also...
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'Avengers: Age Of Ultron' is a masterful film that asks big questions
When you have a movie that's so universally beloved as "The Avengers," how do you follow that up?Joss Whedon's answer: You make a movie that's funnier, more human, and more challenging — not just for...
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This Stanford professor just sold his second startup to Google in less than 5...
Google swallowed up another startup on Monday: Timeful, an intelligent calendar and time management app. The deal comes less than a year after Timeful launched. And it's not the first time the guy...
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This restaurant has a new secret weapon: a robot that slices the perfect...
China has a new celebrity, and it's not another 7' 6" giant who can dunk a basketball or martial-arts master taking center stage in American action movies.It's a noodle-slicing robot named Foxbot, who...
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