Monday Micro Softy 84: Meet the Followers
What happens when everyone in the swarm is a follower?To solve last week’s puzzle, we should picture what must happen when every bug wants to place itself between two other bugs.
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Monday Micro Softy 82: When Bugs Break Up Fights…
A surprising amount of intelligence of use in the computer industry can be learned from watching insectsTo solve last week’s puzzle, keep in mind that every termite is doing the same thing.
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Monday Micro Softy 81: Termites Are Surprisingly Smart
Provided we agree to count swarm intelligence, which we also use in computer scienceSwarm intelligence enables the colony to converge on the shortest and most efficient path to food without any individual being especially smart.
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Jaw Dropping Algorithms That Allow Social Behavior to Thrive
How do bees know how to build their hives? Insects have a wide variety of fascinating social behaviors. Where do they come from? Robert J. Marks and Eric Cassell, author of Animal Algorithms, discuss the origins of these mysterious instincts and how AI research has learned a great deal from nature. Show Notes Additional Resources
Is the U.S. Military Falling Behind in Artificial Intelligence?
What is the likely outcome of allowing those with very different value systems to have control of global AI warfare technology?In a recent podcast, Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks spoke with Robert D. Atkinson and Jackie Whisman at the prominent AI think tank, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, about his recent book, The Case for Killer Robots—a plea for American military brass to see that AI is an inevitable part of modern defense strategies, to be managed rather than avoided. (The book may be downloaded free here.) As they jointly see the problem, There’s a lot of doomsday hype around artificial intelligence in general, and the idea of so-called “killer robots” has been especially controversial. But when it comes to the ethics of these technologies, one can argue that robots actually could be more ethical than human operators. Read More ›
Robert J. Marks on Killer Robots
Robert J. Marks discusses AI and the military, autonomous weapons, and his book The Case for Killer Robots with hosts Robert D. Atkinson and Jackie Whisman from the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF). Dr. Marks’ book The Case for Killer Robots is available at Amazon.com in print, audio and Kindle formats. For a limited time, the Bradley Center is Read More ›
AI Development in Russia — Part 2
What is happening in Russia right now with regards to military development of artificial intelligence? Samuel Bendett and Robert J. Marks discuss Russian military development of AI, academia, and autonomous weapons. Show Notes Additional Resources
7: Computers can develop creative solutions on their own!
AI help, not hype, with Robert J. Marks: Programmers may be surprised by which solution, from a range they built in, comes out on topSometimes the results are unexpected and even surprising. But they follow directly from the program doing exactly what the programmer programmed it to do. It’s all program, no creativity.
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