What Gender Is Your Roomba?Newitz, Annalee
Now that we’re back to the present, there is probably a natural next question on your mind: so what comes next for AI? Well, we can never entirely predict the future. However, many leading experts talk about the possible futures of AI, so we can make educated guesses. We can expect...
W: That's interesting. Why are you interested in this stuff all of a sudden? M: I just never realized how much it affected our day-to-day lives. Plus, my parents just got this. It's called Roomba. W: What is that? M: It's a little household robot. It can suck all the dust...
The irony is that these very systems, powering everything from spam filters to Roombas, actually brought the practical value of applied AI to everyday life. 2010s–today: AI goes mainstream In the 2010s, AI began an upswing that continues to this day. Rather than one single breakthrough,...
Do you get Ultron, or a Roomba with a knife? Data had a dark-side doppelganger, Lore, who was capable of great destruction. Some researchers are concerned about what might happen if an AGI were to start drawing conclusions we didn't expect. Conclusions that sound a lot like "I'm sorry...
Perhaps calling this the most basic Roomba is a bit of an insult to the 694. If we rewind a couple years, this would be one of the best robot vacuums money can buy. If you don’t have pets or family members with long hair, or if you don’t mind occasionally cleaning out hair stu...
Through this analysis, a central thesis is developed, namely, that one of the main challenges of the transformation that “AIs as others” may catalyse is the adequate understanding of the otherness of AIs in relationship to humans. The conclusion is that for society to develop this adequate ...
There are a number of other home robots on the market, but the best known may be the wide range of robot vacuums like the Roomba that are able to navigate the home to automatically clean up dust, dirt, pet fur, and other debris. ...
(2012) The first license for a self-driven car is issued in Nevada. The car is a Toyota Prius modified with technology developed by Google. (2016) Sophia, a humanoid robot dubbed the first robot citizen, is created by Hanson Robotics. The robot is capable of facial recognition, verbal com...
Market entry.IRobot continued to fund the project. In September 2002, less than a year after SC Johnson withdrew financial support, iRobot launched the Roomba. Product development vs. product management Product development is a subset of product management. Product management is the broader category,...