robots
Robots Look Like China’s Latest Investment Bubble: Adam Minter
published Jun 8th 2016, 7:39 pm, by Adam Minter (Bloomberg View) — The story first turned up in mid-May: Foxconn, Apple’s favorite manufacturer, was replacing 60,000 of its workers with robots. Everyone from the BBC to Apple fan sites soon reported the ground-shifting news. There was just one problem: It
Even a Robot Would Be Wasted in These Useless Jobs: Noah Smith
©2015 Bloomberg View NPLH4I6JTSE8 (Bloomberg View) — Americans are worried about robots taking their jobs. Japanese people should be salivating at the prospect. Japan continues to power ahead in the field of robotics. Although Japanese companies have lost their dominance in fields such as consumer electronics and semiconductors, in robots
Killer Robots and a Google Robot Army – A Well Thought Out Scream By James Riordan
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has been ranting about Killer Robots and the possibility of Google building a robot army. The CEO and product architect of Tesla Motors and the CEO/CTO of Space Exploration Technologies posted a comment on the futurology site Edge.org, warning that developments in AI could bring about robots that
A Well Thought Out Scream By James Riordan: Robots can now Learn by Watching Videos
By James Riordan At the 29th annual conference of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (http://www.aaai.org/home.html) researchers presented a paper indicating that they have discovered a new method to teach robots how to use tools – by watching videos on YouTube. The researchers, from the University of Maryland
Bloomberg Business: Taiwan’s Delta Looks to Robots, Electric Cars to Stem PC Slump
©2015 Bloomberg News NLRQZF6S972C (Bloomberg) — Computer makers including Apple Inc. and Dell Inc. have turned to Delta Electronics Inc. to power their PCs for the past decade. Now, the supplier is moving into electric vehicles and factory robots. “It’s a natural evolution,” Yancey Hai, chairman of the Taipei-based company, said
BILL GATES VOICES CONCERN ABOUT ROBOTS: A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
Though he is the world’s richest man and he made that fortune from technology, that doesn’t mean Bill Gates embrace everty new technological breakthrough as a step forward for mankind. In a recent Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), Microsoft’s former CEO answered questions that included a number relating to robotic
