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The promise of consumer robotics has been tantalizing us for the better part of the past century but we are only now nearing delivery on that commitment.
Today, I join the team at Misty Robotics—a team with an audacious goal: to put a robot in every home and office. That’s a lot of robots. And before we can get there, robots will have to prove their value in societies, companies, and families....

An introduction to the opportunities and threats we face as we near the realization of super human-level artificial intelligence. (The first in a six part series on artificial intelligence)
Earth has received a message from an alien intellect alerting us to their arrival in 30–50 years. There are promises of great advances and technologies — some of which we cannot even imagine. There is also the threat of being dominated, enslaved — or...

How can we best prepare ourselves and the world for when we aren’t the most intelligent beings living on it. (The last part of a six part series on artificial intelligence)
While it may be true that we are inventing our replacements in so many of life’s activities we need to ensure that things don’t go off the rails and we create the bringers of our own demise. There are researchers, philosophers, computer scientists, and...

A litany of dangers, from autonomous weapons to an universe comprised only of paperclips. (The fifth in a six part series on artificial intelligence)
“The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race….It would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an ever increasing rate. Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn’t compete, and would be...