"Harmony in Every Heartbeat
A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become “real” so that he can regain the love of his human mother. Haley Joel Osment stars as David, a “Mecha” or robot of the future, when the polar ice caps have melted and submerged many coastal cities, causing worldwide starvation and human dependence upon robotic assistance.
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to predict that artificial intelligence will affect every aspect of our society. Not by doing new things. But mostly by doing things that are already being done by humans, perfectly competently. Replacing humans with AIs isn’t necessarily interesting. But when an AI takes over a human task, the task…
Netflix is not one to shy away from new technology. Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of the streaming giant, recently shared his thoughts on AI and why he believes the controversial technology will not replace jobs in Hollywood. Speaking with The New York Times (via IndieWire), Sarandos compared AI becoming more mainstream to how streaming shattered the…
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk reiterated his stance this week that artificial intelligence will eventually eliminate the need for humans to work, giving his vision for how the future will look as the technology continues to rapidly advance. During his remote appearance at the Viva Technology conference in Paris on Thursday, Musk was asked whether he was concerned…
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk says that artificial intelligence will eventually eliminate the need for human labor. What Happened: During a remote appearance at a conference in Paris on Thursday, Musk was questioned about the potential of AI taking over jobs, according to a report by Fox Business. He responded, “In a benign scenario, probably none of us will have…
AI-generated content has seeped into the media sphere over the last couple of years, raising questions about how it could impact the integrity of journalism and other digital content in the coming years. A “content solutions” company called AdVon recently made headlines after being snuffed out for creating AI-generated content and using fake bylines for…
This week in artificial intelligence (AI) news, OpenAI struck a news-sharing deal with News Corp and faced accusations from actress Scarlett Johansson over an allegedly replicated voice. Nvidia reported a staggering 262% revenue surge driven by the AI boom. Meanwhile, Amazon is preparing to launch a subscription-based version of its AI-powered assistant, Alexa, as the…
As the AI Seoul Summit commenced on May 21, 2024, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, unveiled a strategic vision by the United States Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI), outlining plans to advance AI safety and responsible AI innovation, at a time of “extraordinary advancement in artificial intelligence,” which has seen AI become more powerful,…
ChatGPT and other AI tools are upending our digital lives, but our AI interactions are about to get physical. Humanoid robots trained with a particular type of AI to sense and react to their world could lend a hand in factories, space stations, nursing homes and beyond. Two recent papers in Science Robotics highlight how…
Stanford students, Zipeng Fu and Tony Zhou advised by Professor Chelsea Finn made a technological breakthrough this past month with the creation of Mobile ALOHA, a low-cost AI robot with a whole-body teleoperation system. Mobile ALOHA successfully performed intricate daily tasks autonomously, with its most notable successes being cooking shrimp, cleaning wine spills and rinsing…
“We have already received six orders from research institutions,” he said, noting the startup aims to lower the cost per robot to between $50,000 to $100,000 by rollout. “If we can hit a $50,000 price point, we can sell a lot of robots,” he said, pointing out the robots’ batteries can be charged as they…
