I talked a few days ago about the potential near-term future of AI in health care. Just to kind of supplement that a bit, here is a video from wired about some current applications of medical bots, some of the things that are in the pipe and the pros and cons of automation in health…
Photo credit: stavos via Visualhunt / CC BY-NC-ND It is difficult to estimate the number of people employed in food delivery. There are full time drivers who work for, for example, pizza restaurants; there are people who work for restaurants in other capacities that sometimes go on delivery runs and there are people who work…
If you read much robotics news, you’ll hear a lot about “search and rescue” applications. It seems to be the first thing that engineers mention when discussing potential uses for a new design. There is certainly nothing wrong with search and rescue, it’s a worthy application that will likely save a lot of lives. However,…
There is (probably) no reason to fear the robot uprising. As this video from The Atlantic points out, the robots have already taken over. They currently run our communications systems, our banking systems, parts of our military and more. We’ve happily let them take over and we will continue to. In fact, as time goes on, the…
