Tag: Evan Ackerman

Robot dog delivering pizza. 3D illustration

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August 22, 2022

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Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Robotics

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Boston Dynamics AI Institute, Ethics and robotics, Evan Ackerman, Marc Raibert, Marc Raibert and Boston Dynamics AI Institute, Robotic dogs and public response, Robotics and ethics}

New AI Institute Aims at “World’s Smartest” Intelligent Machines

_{Boston Dynamics’ Marc Raibert thinks they’ll make progress at machines that think like humans if they keep at it long enough} _{News

August 22, 2022

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Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Robotics}

Hyundai Motor Group and Boston Dynamics recently announced the launch of the Boston Dynamics AI Institute, with more than US $400 million to start. Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert is to head it up, for the purpose of “creating future generations of advanced robots and the world’s smartest and most capable intelligent machines.” Boston Dynamics, founded in 1992, is already famous for its robot dogs: Raibert has bigger plans for smarter robots, as he detailed in a recent interview, as he told Evan Ackerman at IEEE Spectum: The new thing that’s clearly different from what Boston Dynamics is doing, is to make robots smarter, in the sense that they need to be able to look at the world around them Read More ›

A humanoid robot with a shopping trolley is shopping at a grocery store. Future concept with robotics and artificial intelligence. 3D rendering.

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March 7, 2022

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Relationships, Robotics

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Evan Ackerman, Nikola (robot), Riken (research institute)}

Engineering Mag Editor Dislikes Androids That Make People “Feel”

_{That’s not really the job of a robot, says Evan Ackerman, who“hugs robots” himself} _{News

March 7, 2022

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Evan Ackerman, a senior editor at the prominent engineering mag IEEE Spectrum, thinks — even though he “hugs robots” — that we don’t really need androids in daily life. Ackerman, who has a degree in Martian geology, focuses on “Nicola,” an android under development at Riken, a research institute in Japan, modeled on a boy and intended to ““to promote natural interactions with both adults and children.” So far, it is only a head. The reason that this research was necessary is because androids can be tricky to read at times, especially when making expressions associated with negative emotions, which are more difficult to distinguish. And that’s one of the reasons why I’m so skeptical that androids are the best Read More ›