We have heard countless warnings about the rapid ascension of Artificial Intelligence and man losing control over his monster. AI has become a part of almost every essential working system in our infrastructure including private industry. There have been disturbing answers to theoretical questions…

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As if we don’t already have enough to worry about with the diplomatic tensions all over the world, nuclear missile testing by hostile nations, and shocking new developments in weaponry, perhaps we have come to the final threshold. A US corporation among other foreign countries all clamoring…

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"At her unveiling in Riyadah, the female robot, who some argue has been given better human rights in the strict Muslim country of Saudi Arabia than women due to her lack of headscarf, said: “Thank you to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I am very honoured and proud for this unique distinction."

This is crazy. How how can a machine become a citizen or have any sex?…

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A Microsoft self-learning ‘robot’ let loose on Twitter this week ended up becoming a 9/11 ‘truther’ – exposing the fact that Bush orchestrated the 9/11 attacks, and suggesting that ‘Donald Trump is the only hope for America’. 

More here: http://yournewswire.com/microsofts-self-learning-robot-said-911-was-an-inside-job/…

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It'll hopefully haul military gear like a mule and follow like a dog one day

U.S. troops who carry as much as 100 pounds of gear could soon get a robotic mule capable of shouldering their burdens in the toughest terrain. Such a robot recently showed how it can follow a person and navigate around trees and rocks while climbing a hill in its first outdoor test — but it might someday follow spoken…

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By Jon Herskovitz – Thu Mar 17, 7:23 am ET

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan may build robots to play the violin, run marathons and preside over weddings, but it has not deployed any of the machines to help repair its crippled reactors.

While robots are commonplace in the nuclear power industry, with EU engineers building one that can climb walls through radioactive fields, the electric power company running Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi plant has not deployed any for the nuclear…

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A frind of mine is in a wheelchair and could walk on braces but he's never wanted to do the necessary surgeries. He CAN use his legs to stand in one place and even push himself up a little - this thing would let him walk for the first time without the surgery. Plus it actually look pretty cool and stylish in a storm trooper sort of way.



Apparently people can rent them in Japan for something like $1,200 a day but so far are not available for… Continue