The year 2020 is most likely to play an instrumental role in how Artificial Intelligence (AI) will evolve in the years to come. It won’t just be how it is perceived in the world’s view (be it good or bad), but also how the AI research community will change. The […]
Can Machines Think?
The rise of digital computers motivated scientists to reason about the possibilities and limitations of such machines. In 1936, Church and Turing independently proved that there are problems which are not possible to solve with a digital computer. Other questions remained unsolved, one of which still concerns society today: Can […]
The face recognition complication
Artificial Intelligence is a subject which is often, inaccurately, talked about in terms of ending the world. Several films have a theme of a rogue AI destroying the whole world and threatening the existence of humanity. They show a very physical manifestation of AI; however, the problem is much more […]
Neuromorphic Computing: Future of AI?
Autonomous Vehicles, or commonly known as Self-Driving Cars, are one of the most popular applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) today. One can find numerous articles where a Self-Driving Car is used as an example to describe a certain aspect of AI which makes it very monotonous for readers (including me) […]
Sex robots are coming: why we should all play an active role in the creation of sexbots
Technology has been used for human pleasure for centuries (figure 1). At the end of the 19th century, English physician Joseph Mortimer Granville invented the first vibrator as a medical instrument for pain relief [1]. In the 1960s vibrators became a tool for women to masturbate. Ten years later, the […]
What is AI and where did it come from?
Even though the term Artificial Intelligence is in nearly everybody’s everyday vocabulary, most people will not be able to explain it. And even amongst those who can explain what AI is, there are many who go silent if you asked for the history of AI. If you are one of […]
Understanding the Importance of Attachment Theory in Social Robotics
A post-apocalyptic world where humans are nearly extinct and a humanoid robot is tasked with the mission of repopulating humans on the planet Earth. This is not a figment of my imagination but the plot of a Netflix movie, “I am Mother”. Discussing this intense thriller movie would be really […]
A world of pure imagination
VR Days Europe 2019 Lustrum Edition “The eyes are the gates to the soul” – is a commonly used phrase at the VR Days Europe 2019 in Amsterdam. On this 3-day event, people from all over the world – ranging from top CEOs to digital artists – have gathered to […]
AI Synergies ’19 – Bringing Together All AI-Backgrounds
“United in Diversity”. According to Holger Hoos, professor at the University of Leiden, this is not only the motto of the European union but can also serve as a guideline for the development of AI. This year’s AI synergies conference showed that it’s possible to actually turn this statement to […]
Assistive robots in elderly care: social or anti-social?
An article by Maria Tsfasman The percentage of elderly people in the world is growing, and we need more and more workforce in nursing homes. Robots are gradually replacing caretakers in different aspects of their jobs. This raises various ethical concerns on what it can lead to. One of the concerns […]