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Will robots play a vital role in our future?

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ROBOTS have created quite a bit of noise in the technology industry this past week, from a Lego autobot that aims to solve a Rubik's Cube in record time, to computer powered ping pong playing machines and even "soft" robotic fish that replicate the movements of real sea life.

Come to think of it, the technology industry has been teeming with robot-related announcements over the past year or so, all of which have promoted the growth and development of the idea of artificial intelligence (AI), thus leading to the question: Is artificial intelligence an intrinsic part of our future, or is it just a gimmick?

The latter part of that question can be highlighted by reviewing the themes of most of the announcements in AI over the last year or so, with many developments carrying a more "fun" and perhaps less vital undertone, like Rapiro's programmable Raspberry Pi-powered humanoid robot that was unveiled at CES. It claimed to be able to perform everyday tasks such as tidying your desk, but still - with its 10-20 minute operating time - it is hardly going to change the world.

Perhaps one of the most notable announcements over the past year, however, came in September, when chipmaker Intel told a crowd at its Intel Developer Forum (IDF) that 3D printed open source robots were on their way to "bridge the gap between technology and humanity".

The announcement was part of the firm's Twenty-first Century Robot initiative to "bring science fact to science fiction". It might have sounded like a sci-fi film gone terrifyingly wrong, but Intel futurist Brian David Johnson told the audience that by using 3D printing and open source hardware and software, Intel's somewhat crazy-sounding project would let anyone create robots and alter them and share them in online communities, enabling them to be 3D printed with varying designs in order to be "a smartphone equivalent of a robot".

Intel hasn't said what these robots will be used for or why it thinks we all need them in our lives, but it does suggest that the firm sees such technology, and AI, as intrinsic to the future.

In January, it was reported that another huge technology company, Google, spent $400m to buy a London based AI company called Deepmind.

Deepmind said the partnership would allow it to turbo-charge its mission to harness the power of machine learning tools to "tackle some of society's toughest problems" and "help make our everyday lives more productive and enjoyable".

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AI will play a vital role in our future, just don't expect robot butlers

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ROBOTS have created quite a bit of noise in the technology industry this past week, from a Lego autobot that aims to solve a Rubik's Cube in record time, to computer powered ping pong playing machines and even "soft" robotic fish that replicate the movements of real sea life.

Come to think of it, the technology industry has been teeming with robot-related announcements over the past year or so, all of which have promoted the growth and development of the idea of artificial intelligence (AI), thus leading to the question: Is artificial intelligence an intrinsic part of our future, or is it just a gimmick?

The latter part of that question can be highlighted by reviewing the themes of most of the announcements in AI over the last year or so, with many developments carrying a more "fun" and perhaps less vital undertone, like Rapiro's programmable Raspberry Pi-powered humanoid robot that was unveiled at CES. It claimed to be able to perform everyday tasks such as tidying your desk, but still - with its 10-20 minute operating time - it is hardly going to change the world.

Perhaps one of the most notable announcements over the past year, however, came in September, when chipmaker Intel told a crowd at its Intel Developer Forum (IDF) that 3D printed open source robots were on their way to "bridge the gap between technology and humanity".

The announcement was part of the firm's Twenty-first Century Robot initiative to "bring science fact to science fiction". It might have sounded like a sci-fi film gone terrifyingly wrong, but Intel futurist Brian David Johnson told the audience that by using 3D printing and open source hardware and software, Intel's somewhat crazy-sounding project would let anyone create robots and alter them and share them in online communities, enabling them to be 3D printed with varying designs in order to be "a smartphone equivalent of a robot".

Intel hasn't said what these robots will be used for or why it thinks we all need them in our lives, but it does suggest that the firm sees such technology, and AI, as intrinsic to the future.

In January, it was reported that another huge technology company, Google, spent $400m to buy a London based AI company called Deepmind.

Deepmind said the partnership would allow it to turbo-charge its mission to harness the power of machine learning tools to "tackle some of society's toughest problems" and "help make our everyday lives more productive and enjoyable".

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Artificial Intelligence Poses 'Extinction Risk' To Humanity Says Oxford University's Stuart Armstrong

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Artificial intelligence poses an "extinction risk" to human civilisation, an Oxford University professor has said.

Almost everything about the development of genuine AI is uncertain, Stuart Armstrong at the Future of Humanity Institute said in an interview with The Next Web.

That includes when we might develop it, how such a thing could come about and what it means for human society.

But without more research and careful study, it's possible that we could be opening a Pandora's box. Which is exactly the sort of thing that the Future of Humanity Institute, a multidisciplinary research hub tasked with asking the "big questions" about the future, is concerned with.

"One of the things that makes AI risk scary is that its one of the few that is genuinely an extinction risk if it were to go bad. With a lot of other risks, its actually surprisingly hard to get to an extinction risk," Armstrong told The Next Web.

Above: Student Alejadro Bordallo plays rock-scissors-paper with a robot programmed by scientists to use artificial intelligence to learn strategy as they play

The thing for humanity to fear is not quite the robots of Terminator ("basically just armoured bears") but a more incorporeal intelligence capable of dominating humanity from within.

The threat of such a powerful computer brain would include near-term (and near total) unemployment, as replacements for virtually all human workers are quickly developed and replicated, but extends beyond that to genuine threats of widespread anti-human violence.

"Well it will realise that, say, killing everybody is a solution to its problems, because if it kills everyone and shuts down every computer, no more emails will be sent and and as a side effect no viruses will be sent."

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A.I. – Artificial Intelligence, CLIPS Programming Language, quick run thru! ACE Appetite Control – Video

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VIVI first of its kind private Artificial Intelligence System (Tribute to Spike Jonze) – Video

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Tribute to Spike Jonze Heroine of the "Her" film reflects the puspose of our AI OS. We thank the director to paying his attention to the AI Systems. V I V I ...

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It was love at first click

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It was love at first click

What will happen if artificial intelligence becomes so advanced it can simulate human emotions? Spike Jonze, who most recently directed Where the Wild Things Are, has let his imagination run wild considering this question.

The result is the romantic drama Her, which explores the idea of love between humans and computers.

Joaquin Phoenix plays the socially awkward Theodore Twombly, a professional love letter writer who is struggling through life and a painful divorce.

His passion for life is sparked again by an operating system called Samantha (voiced by Scarlett Johansson) - a voice that is caring and helpful. As the pair spends more time talking, they begin to fall in love.

This thought-provoking film won best original screenplay at this year's Oscars. The tightly-written script packs emotion into every word Theodore and Samantha exchange.

Combined with an understated yet moody score from Arcade Fire, and set against a backdrop of a cool, futuristic Shanghai, Her is thought-provoking and smart.

- British director Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave is all the more remarkable because it is based on a true storyChiwetel Ejiofor stars as Solomon Northup, a free black man whose happy life is turned upside down

- In The Butler, director Lee Daniels chronicles the story of butler Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker), from farm boy to a man with access to the world's most important men

- In a remake of Paul Verhoeven's 1987 original, RoboCop is back. But with a new plotline and a different message, Jose Padiha's reboot seems a long way off the sci-fi classic

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AS Artificial intelligence develops virtually human assistants capable of talking about sexuality – Video

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