Gain a deep understanding of AI through its psychological problems, blunders, mistakes, and epic fails. Do you want to have a realistic vision of the current and future capabilities of Artificial Intelligence? Do you want to learn about AI in…
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The discipline of Machine Learning focuses on the study and development of algorithms that learn from data. To understand how Machine Learning works, you must first understand the concept of algorithm. Bear in mind that there are many types of…
Conscious-Robots team, winner of the 2K BotPrize 2010 contest, explains how their bot is designed. Originally published at AIGameDev (2010) Most of current efforts in the development of believable bots – bots that behave like human players – are based…
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…
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…
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…
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…