Exposure to soft robots decreases human fears about working with them
Seeing robots made with soft, flexible parts in action appears to lower people's anxiety about working with them or even being replaced by them.
Dec 5, 2023
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Could you move from your biological body to a computer? An expert explains 'mind uploading'
Imagine brain scanning technology improves greatly in the coming decades, to the point that we can observe how each individual neuron talks to other neurons. Then, imagine we can record all this information to create a simulation ...
Dec 4, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
Montreal research hub spearheads global AI ethics debate
Rapid developments in artificial intelligence—and recent turmoil at industry powerhouse OpenAI—have brought fresh attention to a key hub of ethics research related to the technology in Montreal, led by Canadian "godfather ...
Dec 2, 2023
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AI researchers introduce GAIA: A benchmark testing tool for general AI assistants
A team of researchers affiliated with AI startups Gen AI, Meta, AutoGPT, HuggingFace and Fair Meta, has developed a benchmark tool for use by makers of AI assistants, particularly those that make Large Language Model based ...
Engineering
How spider silk research led to a new kind of microphone
The human ability to notice the world around us is made possible by our sense organs—eyes, ears, nose, skin and tongue—which are so efficient that most people don't consciously think about them. Others, like Distinguished ...
Dec 1, 2023
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Anthrobots: Scientists build tiny biological robots from human tracheal cells
Researchers at Tufts University and Harvard University's Wyss Institute have created tiny biological robots that they call Anthrobots from human tracheal cells that can move across a surface and have been found to encourage ...
Nov 30, 2023
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Smartphone use found to differ between urban and rural areas
Smartphones have altered human behavior in complex ways but context can also alter smartphone use.
Nov 30, 2023
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How do you make a robot smarter? Program it to know what it doesn't know
Modern robots know how to sense their environment and respond to language, but what they don't know is often more important than what they do know. Teaching robots to ask for help is key to making them safer and more efficient.
Nov 29, 2023
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Artificial intelligence shares our confidence bias, research reveals
The pronounced positive confidence bias that is a characteristic and apparently irrational trait of human decision-making has been replicated and dissected using an artificial intelligence (AI) model. The unnerving result, ...
Nov 29, 2023
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Researchers engineer a material that can perform different tasks depending on temperature
Researchers report that they have developed a new composite material designed to change behaviors depending on temperature in order to perform specific tasks. These materials are poised to be part of the next generation of ...
Nov 28, 2023
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