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post

Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
January 31, 2022

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance

Tagged
Elon Musk, Moravec's Paradox, Optimus, Robots, Tesla}

Musk Goes All-In on the Tesla Robot

_{Musk puts all other projects on hold to pursue the dream of eliminating human labor, despite the reality that humans are irreplaceable} _{Jonathan Bartlett

January 31, 2022

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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance}

In August, during Tesla’s “AI Day” presentations, Musk unveiled the “Tesla Robot.” Or, in reality, a dancing person in a robot costume, along with some made-up specifications about the robot. Many (including the present writer) found this idea for a product line ludicrous, and a mere headline grab. However, in a recent conference call with investors, Elon Musk has doubled down on the Tesla Robot, now named “Optimus,” as being the foundation for the future of the company. In fact, it looks like Tesla has put all of its other development projects on hold in order to work on the robot. The Cybertruck (announced 2019, originally expected in 2021), Semi-truck (announced in 2017, originally expected in 2020), and Roadster 2.0 (announced in 2017, Read More ›

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Author
Eric Holloway
Date
October 16, 2018

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Natural Intelligence

Tagged
Explanatory Filter, Information Theory, Kolmogorov information, Moravec's Paradox, Shannon information, William Dembski}

Does information theory support design in nature?

_{William Dembski makes a convincing case, using accepted information theory principles relevant to computer science} _{Eric Holloway

October 16, 2018

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Artificial Intelligence, Natural Intelligence}

Intelligent design theory is sometimes said to lack any practical application. One straightforward application is that, because intelligence can create information and computation cannot, human interaction will improve computational performance. Read More ›

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
September 7, 2018

Tagged
Algorithms, Crowd Sourcing, human uniqueness, Job Displacement, Moore's Law, Moravec's Paradox, Sigmoid Curve, The Singularity}

What Humans Do That A.I. Can’t

_{Robert J. Marks

September 7, 2018

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AI can do many things faster and better than humans. It can beat humans in chess, outsmart us in Jeopardy, and defeat us at GO. The question remains. Is there anything a human can (and always will) do better than an AI? Show Notes

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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 9, 2018

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Moravec's Paradox}

Why Can’t Machines Learn Simple Tasks?

_{They can learn to play chess more easily than to walk} _{Denyse O'Leary

August 9, 2018

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Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

If specifically human intelligence is related to consciousness, the robotics engineers might best leave consciousness out of their goals for their products and focus on more tangible ones. Read More ›