Robotics
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Roboethics Redux
July 31, 2009
After Fox News misrepresents a military robot’s dietary habits, the world muses over what ethical behavior means for intelligent programs and machines.
ethics, intelligence, media, robotics, technology, week in review
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Automatic for the People
April 02, 2009
A team of British researchers take a robotic approach in rethinking the hypothetico-deductive method.
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The Living Robot
March 26, 2009
Researchers have developed a robot capable of learning and interacting with the world using a biological brain.
complexity, engineering, networks, neuroscience, robotics, technology
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Mechanical Generation
September 23, 2008
The unveiling of a 3-D printer that was built to build itself is hailed as a step toward "Darwinian Marxism."
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Rise of Roboethics
July 16, 2007
Grappling with the implications of an artificially intelligent culture.
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World
Sad Sacks
As a UK adviser is fired over politically unpalatable advice and an English teacher is suspended over an article about animal sexuality, the fate of facts is on the line.
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Ideas
Sweet Obesity
As obesity rates soar, Americans are consuming more low-calorie artificial sweeteners. But do artificial sweeteners actually help people lose weight?
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Books
Books to Read Now
November releases feature the mysteries of Grigori Perelman, the evolutionary origins of reading, and strategies for containing strains of flu.
