The jobs that actually turn out to vulnerable to robot replacement may not be what we think they are. Continue reading Men’s Work vs. Women’s Work and the Chilled Granny Problem: A response to Jerry Kaplan
Artificial intelligence research is crossing the Rubicon of getting computers to read and understand novels, essays, and other written-by-human-for-humans natural language text, writes Cade Metz in WIRED, with Facebook coming up with an app its says can answer reading comprehension … Continue reading Roundup for June 25, 2015
In some of the most terrifying A.I. news in recent memory, computers are learning to read…from the Daily Mail. (And CNN). A couple of major Asian tech companies are making a big bet on personal robots, reports Yue Wang in Forbes, … Continue reading Roundup for June 19, 2015
The Boston Globe’s Nidhi Subbaraman reports on Cambridge firm Soft Robotics’ attempt to conquer a new frontier for robot kind — sorting vegetables. Tech to make bots that are safer and more effective graspers are also part and parcel of … Continue reading Roundup for June 17, 2015
