Robots can develop the basics of language skills through interacting with a human, according to new research from the University of Hertfordshire. The research has just been published in … [Read full article]
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New Computer Chip 'Thinks' Like a Brain Cell
A collaboration between IBM and DARPA has produced “next generation” computer chips that adapt to unexpected inputs due to their structural mimicking of the brain’s neurons. Applications for these “neuro-synaptic chips” include analyzing financial market fluctuations and even predicting tsunamis.
Robots Achieve Self-Awareness, May Also Develop 'Mental Problems'
Artificial intelligence has taken a big leap forward: two roboticists (Lipson and Zagal), working at the University of Chile, Santiago, have created what they claim is the first robot to possess “metacognition” — a form of self-awareness which involves the ability to observe ones’ own thought processes and thus alter one’s behavior accordingly.