Robot Sophia has more rights than Saudi Arabia’s migrant workers. Beast values ‘antihumans’ more than ‘real humans.’ 2018 The New Arab. Amar Diwakar. Making headlines in October of last year, Sophia became Saudi Arabia’s – and the world’s – first nationalised robot at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, in […]
Could Artificial Intelligence be the answer to economic diversification in the GCC? Sophia became Saudi Arabia’s, and the world’s first nationalised robot. MBS wants more robots (antihumans) than humans in NEOM. Date of publication: 20 November, 2019 The New Arab. Witnessing a global shift towards Artificial Intelligence (AI) […]
Doctrines of Devils: Robot priests can bless you, advise you, and even perform your funeral. AI religion is upon us. Welcome to the future. Videos. By Sigal Samuel Sep 9, 2019. Vox A new priest named Mindar is holding forth at Kodaiji, a 400-year-old Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Like […]
Doctrines of Devils: Chinese man ‘marries’ robot he built himself Zheng Jiajia had grown tired of pressure to get married so he turned to Yingying, a robot spouse he constructed last year. The Guardian. 2017 A Chinese artificial intelligence engineer has given up on the search for love […]
New head of bioethics center says new technology raises moral questions Charles Collins. Jul 1, 2019. Crux When church leaders in the United States face new bioethical questions – such as those surrounding abortion, euthanasia, or gender identity – they often turn to the Philadelphia-based National Catholic Bioethics […]
Should robots have rights? by Molly Callahan, Northeastern University DECEMBER 8, 2017 As robots gain citizenship and potential personhood in parts of the world, it’s appropriate to consider whether they should also have rights. So argues Northeastern professor Woodrow Hartzog, whose research focuses in part on robotics and automated […]
UNSETTLING SEX ROBOT LOOKS ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE A REAL PERSON. Video. FUTURISM.COM. MAY 29, 2019. KRISTIN HOUSER Some sex experts predict we’re headed toward a future in which “virtual” lovers replace human ones — and based on advances happening in the field of sex robots, it could eventually be hard […]
Better together: Human and robot co-workers more efficient, less accident-prone. by University of Göttingen MAY 27, 2019 More and more processes are being automated and digitized. Self-driving delivery vehicles, such as forklifts, are finding their way into many areas—and companies are reporting potential time and cost savings. However, an […]
