Robots and Artificial Intelligence
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Merging our brains with machines won't stop the rise of the robots Opinion
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Elon Musk has suggested we merge with machines so we're not replaced by them — but that might only delay the inevitable, writes Michael Milford from QUT.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, science-and-technology, australia
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Who are grinders and can they really live forever?
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These are the people implanting microchips under their skin as they attempt to take human evolution into their own hands.
Topics: science-and-technology, pseudo-science, biology, robots-and-artificial-intelligence, australia
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Meet the cyborgs with real bionic arms and eyes
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A man uses his robotic exoskeleton to walk onto the soccer pitch. A woman sees the world using her bionic eye. Sound like science fiction? No, these are all real stories.
Topics: biotechnology, science-and-technology, neuroscience, robots-and-artificial-intelligence, disabilities, health, australia, germany, sweden
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NASA robot set for work on WA oil and gas projects
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A West Australian petroleum company will use a NASA humanoid robot to explore how the technology could be used to improve safety, reliability and efficiency in high-risk and remote environments.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, science-and-technology, mining-industry, wa, perth-6000
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Artificial intelligence beats humans in poker for first time
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Imagine your smartphone being able to negotiate the best price of a new car for you — that's one of the potential implications of artificial intelligence beating humans in poker for the first time, experts say.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, science-and-technology, games-industry-professional-gaming, games, gambling, human-interest, united-states
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AI capable of diagnosing skin cancer developed
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Computer scientists develop an artificial intelligence that is just as good at picking out skin cancers as dermatologists, according to a new study.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, science-and-technology, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, skin-cancer, skin, diseases-and-disorders, united-states, australia
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Humanoid robot joins library staff in north Queensland
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An emotionally intelligent humanoid robot joins library staff in Mackay, in a bid to prove that libraries are about more than just books and newspapers.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, library-museum-and-gallery, community-and-society, children, mackay-4740
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Mark Zuckerberg demonstrates Morgan Freeman-voiced AI
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg gives a humorous insight into a day in his life using his artificial intelligence, Jarvis — voiced by actor Morgan Freeman.
Topics: science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, robots-and-artificial-intelligence, social-media, united-states
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Perth start-up develops real-time data platform for lawyers
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A Perth start-up develops technology it is likening to a "Bloomberg terminal" for lawyers, where they can access real-time data including court cases and government documents.
Topics: information-technology, robots-and-artificial-intelligence, judges-and-legal-profession, perth-6000, wa
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Milking robots delivering increased milk yields following $2 million investment
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Milking robots on a NSW Mid North Coast dairy have contributed to an increase in milk production of 25 per cent in the last 12 months.
Topics: dairy-production, robots-and-artificial-intelligence, livestock, rural, taree-2430, newcastle-2300, sweden
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UK artist's pole-dancing CCTV robot takes to streets of Melbourne
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For more than 20 years Giles Walker has been turning industrial odds and ends into fully functional kinetic robots.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, science-and-technology, street-art, performance-art, arts-and-entertainment, sculpture, visual-art, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, united-kingdom
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What can we bring home from the 'Bionic Olympics'?
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What will it take for hi-tech wheelchairs, exoskeletons, robotic arms and mind control to really change the everyday lives of people with physical disabilities?
Topics: science-and-technology, robots-and-artificial-intelligence, computers-and-technology, disabilities
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Robot lawyer 'to help unrepresented share story in court'
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An online robot lawyer designed to help people represent themselves in court state their case to the sentencing magistrate will be launched by a Melbourne law firm this week.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, science-and-technology, law-crime-and-justice, judges-and-legal-profession, courts-and-trials, melbourne-3000, australia, vic
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Sex robots a danger to women and children, UK campaigners argue
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A UK academic has begun a protest campaign against sex robots, arguing they encourage people to consider women as property.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, science-and-technology, sexuality, community-and-society, australia
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'Futurist' Martin Ford looks at AI and what the robot revolution will bring Video
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Martin Ford is a leading US expert in the robot revolution and is in Australia for the Creative Innovation 2016 conference. He talks us through robots, robotics and the way they're taking over our lives.
Topics: science-and-technology, robots-and-artificial-intelligence, australia
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Nightmare Machine is being taught how to scare us
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Researchers are using a concept that many find increasingly frightening — artificial intelligence — to develop an algorithm to determine what scares us most.
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Robotics lab gearing up for future with driverless cars
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A Gold Coast university pushes the boundaries of robotic technology used in autonomous vehicles.
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Griffith University robotics student Cailen Roberston and a Nao robot image
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A Nao robot watches a student typing on a laptop image
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