Could An Artificial Intelligence Be Considered A Person Under The Law?
By Roman V. Yampolskiy, University of Louisville Humans aren’t the only people in society – at least according to the law. In the U.S., corporations…
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Construction and Farmer Robots Are The Latest A.I. Coming For Human Jobs
By Aaron Kesel If Japan’s Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute has its way, human construction workers might not be needed anymore. Meanwhile, a robot named Angus…
Edible Robot Caterpillar Designed to Deliver Drugs Inside Human Body
By Nicholas West High-tech drug delivery systems continue to be researched. I’ve extensively covered the move toward nanorobotics that can do everything from deliver drugs…
Has The Era Of Autonomous Warfare Finally Arrived?
By Nicholas West The global arms race for the latest weapons of war is a naturally escalating cycle of countries pursuing ways to dominate the…
New Report: Artificial Intelligence Will Handle 52% Of Current Work Tasks By 2025
By Mac Slavo A new World Economic Forum study has concluded that robots and artificial intelligence will handle about 52% of current work tasks by…
First Generation of Autonomous Killer Bots Ready to Seek Out and Destroy Invasive Fish
By Terrence Newton In 1984 the movie Terminator brought to live the dark dystopian fantasy of killer robots designed to ruthlessly hunt down human targets…
Experts Gather For UN-Hosted Meeting On “Killer Robots”
By Mac Slavo Experts from numerous countries around the globe are gathering for a United Nations meeting to discuss “killer robots.” The week-long event that opened…
Russian Weapons Company Unveils 13-Foot “Killer Robot”
By Mac Slavo A well-known Russian weapons company has just unveiled its newest deadly weapon: a golden 13-foot tall killer robot. Kalashnikov Concern presented the large…
Ban “Killer robots” to Protect Fundamental Moral and Legal Principles
By Bonnie Docherty, Harvard University When drafting a treaty on the laws of war at the end of the 19th century, diplomats could not foresee…
Thousands Of Scientists Sign Pledge Against Developing Lethal A.I.
By Aaron Kesel Thousands of leading scientists have urged their colleagues against helping governments create killer robots, making the movie The Terminator a reality. 2,400…
HSBC Bank To Staff Branches With Humanoid Robots
By Aaron Kesel HSBC, will test robots created by SoftBank Robotics, in the lobby of their Fifth Avenue branch in midtown Manhattan, CNBC reported. The…
Elon Musk: Free Cash Handouts “Will Be Necessary” If Robots Take Jobs
By Aaron Kesel Elon Musk claims that universal basic income (UBI) — essentially, free cash handouts — “will be necessary over time if (AI) artificial…
What Could Go Wrong? U.S. Army Planning to Deploy Autonomous Killer Robots on Battlefield by 2028
By Jay Syrmopoulos Washington, D.C. – United States Army Secretary Mark Esper recently revealed that the military has a strategic vision of utilizing autonomous and…
As 40% of Americans Can’t Pay $400 Bill, Pentagon Spends $1 BILLION Developing Killer Robots
By John Vibes The Pentagon reportedly plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next few years developing advanced robots for military applications that…