Complex natural processes such as the control of food intake might inspire the design of new Artificial Intelligence algorithms. Specifically, research in developmental programming reveals how the nervous system reprograms itself even before birth. The traditional view of the nervous…
Author: Raúl Arrabales
Pentti O Haikonen. Second Edition. World Scientific 2019. Haikonen’s book is perfect for those interested in Machine Consciousness. This updated edition includes new ideas and insights. This completely revised second edition of Consciousness and Robot Sentience begins with the big…
Spanish researchers discover a bot trying to kill her creator. This Artificial Intelligence, designed to fight in First-Person Shooter video games, was surprised while looking for a way to end the life of her creator in the real world.
I’m so glad Sony finally decided to come back to the AI and robotics frontline. As many of my colleagues working in robotics, I was so disappointed 11 years ago when Sony decided to discontinue Aibo and Qrio… Aibo played…
Special Issue on Cognition and Computation Italian Journal of Cognitive Sciences Deadline for submissions: July 31th, 2017 Notification of acceptance: October 15th, 2017 One of the founding ideas of cognitive science is that cognition is essentially computation. From the very…
No doubt we need better ways to test for consciousness, as much as we need better definitions. From the point of view of science, Consciousness is a controversial and quite elusive phenomenon and trying to build good tests is actually…
Looks like Boston Dynamics is moving fast from quadripedal locomotion to the outstanding Atlas biped robot. In the Atlas the upper limbs are free and they are effectively used to carry and handle loads, and even opening doors! This new Atlas…
After 9 years of glory… We’re just back, and refurnished 🙂 Conscious-Robots.com was born back in 2006 and soon became to be known as the “official unofficial site of machine consciousness research community”. Of course, this might be opinable, but basically being…
Can robots become conscious? Conscious-Robots.com poll results Back in 2006 I started an online poll published in the frontpage of Conscious-Robots.com (that old authentic machine consciousness site, that I just turned into a 2016 modern posh blog ;-). Over these years…
Call for Competitors – BotPrize 2014 Competition A Turing test for Non-Player Characters in Video Games http://human-machine.unizar.es/ The 2014 BotPrize competition challenges programmers / researchers / hobbyists to create a bot for UT2004 (a first-person shooter) that can fool opponents into…