Tag: robots
New Discovery Institute Center to Explore Threat, Promise, Limits of AI; Seattle Launch on July 11
The Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence will focus on the profound concerns stirred by the mystery of minds.
Don’t Fear the Robots; Fear the Robot Philosophers
Believe it or not, many officially smart people think that (1) we are just computers made of meat, (2) computers will soon become conscious, or (3) both.
Rights Are Not about “Feelings”
Thomas Hills argues that we will accord human-style rights to robots because we will come to empathize with them.
Robert Marks on the Lovelace Test
Beyond lies the unique realm of the human, no matter what addled things Stephen Hawking may say about computers “replacing” us.
Terrified of a Robopocalypse? Don’t Be
Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking are scared about AI and the prospect of a “Terminator” future. But the U.S. military isn’t.