I addition to the military doing R&D on robot soldiers a company called Boston Dynamics is creating robot dogs that can attack and fight back. Video if you click the link below.
Boston Dynamics is teaching its robot dog to fight back against humans
‘Testing robustness’ apparently crucial to SpotMini’s development, with machine showing it won’t be perturbed by human interference
Wed 21 Feb 2018 11.49 GMTLast modified on Wed 21 Feb 2018
Human v robot dog: Boston Dynamics takes on its door-opening SpotMini - video
It appears that, just like their flesh and blood counterparts, you just can’t put a good robot dog down, even if you’re a human fighting it for control of a door.
Boston Dynamics’ well-mannered four-legged machine SpotMini has already proved that it can easily open a door and walk through unchallenged, but now the former Google turned SoftBank robotics firm is teaching its robo-canines to fight back.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/21/boston-dynamics-teaching-robot-dog-fight-back-humans
There is a new documentary or op ed piece video out. I don't know what to make of it. I think worth watching. It is available for free only until this coming sunday, april 8.
Watch
Elon Musks opinion on it is less than the danger of AI as such. It is what humans can use it for.
"don't attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by incompetence"
Ray Kurzweil: Universal Basic Income will arrive in the 2030s
Technology pioneer Ray Kurzweil predicted Friday that universal basic income, a controversial notion today, will be common throughout the developed world by the early 2030s and globally by the end of that decade.
Why it matters: With the combination of automation and artificial intelligence, there has been wide concern over how society will deal with massive job disruption.
Speaking at the TED conference in Vancouver, Kurzweil said that people will actually have more than their fundamental needs met through universal basic income.
"You will be able to live very well on that," he said.
Interestingly enough, the date Kurzweil picks for the advent of basic income is right about the same time he sees AI taking over. Around 2029, he has projected, AI will pass the Turing Test: a panel of human judges won't be able to tell whether the being they are conversing with is human or computer.
In the 2030s, he said, "we will merge with the intelligent technology we are creating." He said the human neocortex will connect with cloud-based intelligence. "We will have an indefinite expansion of our neocortex. "
That, he said, will lead to new forms of expression, such as music, that will be as different from today's communication as current human expression is from that of primates.
https://www.axios.com/ray-kurzweil-u...source=sidebar
Coronavirus gives AI a step up in taking over jobs. When I go to pick up the groceries which ordered online, I imagine a time in the near future where the humans bringing the goods out will be replaced automation. Perhaps, backing the car into a bay where my purchase will appear to be loaded.
Robots Don't Catch the Coronavirus
The federal Coronavirus bailout contains no restrictions on corporate investment in automation. That may be the most serious long term consequence of the pandemic.
It is widely reported how weak the federal guidelines are for use of Corona virus bailout funds. Most of the restrictions that require businesses to use taxpayer provided bailout dollars to retain their workforces were placed on small and medium sized operations. Enforcement mechanisms are weak, if non-existent. Businesses self-certify they made a good faith effort. Essentially, they expected to operate based on the honor system.
Large corporations are not even required to abide by these considerations. The bailout law is supposed to prevent corporate stock buybacks and excessive dividend payouts, and set limits on executive compensation, but the Secretary of the Treasury can waive these restrictions to protect the national interest, and Donald Trump has announced he has no intention of reporting to Congressional oversight committees. No employee protections are specified in the law and there are no restrictions on corporations using the money to invest in technology that replaces workers.
The almost half a trillion federal dollars targeted to bail out large corporations will be administered by Federal Reservebanks. But Fed officials are backing off from requiring these companies to protect their workers. In addition, direct Federal Reserve loans, which add billions to the corporate honeypot, come with no strings attached at all on how money will be used.
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nice bump of a snaff thread.
and as far as the topic is concerned.....conservatives have made a lot of hay over the years about immigrants taking "our" jobs, when in fact most jobs were taken by technology.
governments need a plan to tax robots and AI.
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