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🇨🇳 #China: A Chinese developer has showcased a 3D-printed arthropod robot capable of both flight and underwater movement, while being able to launch small rockets. Repost from Ditto Nation

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The Society of Authors collected survey data from 800 of its members and found that 26% of illustrators and 36% of translators had already lost work due to generative AI. This tracks completely with anecdotal data from my own reporting. Not good. www2.societyofauthors.org/2024/04/11/soa…

This story is horrific, and basically confirms every one of the fears we had back in October when we knew the IDF was using AI—it's error-prone, there's scant human oversight, and it facilitates the mass rubber stamping of targets, of mass killing. 972mag.com/lavender-ai-is…

Also just out today, an op-ed on falling in love with AI and AI rights. Open access at Time magazine: time.com/6958856/does-a…

That video of a robot getting beaten is fake, but feeling sorry for machines is no joke (2019) - James Vincent theverge.com/tldr/2019/6/17… via @Verge

The best robot photos of 2023, from fashion shows to Hollywood strikes #Echobox=1703348500" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">newscientist.com/article/240662…

Watch robot dogs train on obstacle courses to avoid tripping trib.al/nHi5Cxo

Current chatbots can pass the Turing Test, right? A lot of people have claimed this, but Cameron Jones (@camrobjones) and Benjamin Bergen of UCSD actually tested the claim! (Spoiler: The answer is "no, they don't pass.") arxiv.org/abs/2310.20216

Guess there's a bit more to human comprehension than the mass-guzzling of internet-scraped data can replicate: trib.al/5wvkApu

Here is how the use of #AI will change the acting profession, without strong @sagaftra protections.

An AI Wake-Up Call From Ancient Greece by Adrienne Mayor - Project Syndicate project-syndicate.org/commentary/art…?

They're not kidding around with this goat. trib.al/sJqo4Pv

Minds of machines: The great AI consciousness conundrum Philosophers, cognitive scientists, and engineers are grappling with what it would take for AI to become conscious … buff.ly/3tzvqou

Robin Williams' daughter Zelda is fed up with artificial intelligence being used to mimic her father's voice. trib.al/1vBhn71

Massachusetts wants to ban gun-wielding robots gizmodo.com/massachusetts-… via @gizmodo