American presidential candidates Andrew Yang and Bill de Blasio are very concerned about robots taking people’s jobs. Yang has been touting his $1,000 per month “Freedom Dividend” for every American adult since the beginning of his primary run to offset the potential job losses due to automation. De Blasio, on September 5th, published an op-ed published in tech…
A cafe in Minato-ku, Tokyo called Cafe Dawn has created an atmosphere where patrons are served by robots. The robots are part of a remote workforce, controlled by people with disabilities from their homes. This gives them the ability to participate the service industry in a way they previously couldn’t. Ten people with severe mobile disabilities…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Sexual interactions between humans and robots are a seemingly inevitable phenomenon, as many people around the world and throughout the course of history expand their sexual options as time and technology progress. With rapidly growing automation capabilities also comes the advent of sex robots and along with them difficult questions, including what implications…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett NASA rovers sent to explore other worlds could have several tiny origami-inspired robots tagging along. The Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot (PUFFER) is an origami-inspired robot capable of flattening itself out to squeeze into tight spots and climb a 45-degree slope. These robots can even survive long…
Robots in Europe may soon be classified as “electronic persons” if the European Union adopts a recently submitted proposal.
Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking took a break from ruthlessly making fun of libtard John Oliver to reiterate some pretty terrifying predictions. On Oliver’s new HBO show “Last Week Tonight,” Hawking referenced statements he made in an op-ed piece in The Independent warning of how artificial intelligence could potentially destroy humanity. “One can imagine such technology…