Showing prejudice towards others does not require a high level of cognitive ability and could easily be exhibited by artificially intelligent machines, new research has suggested. Computer s... Read more
Semi-autonomous and autonomous machines and robots can become moral machines using annotated decision trees containing ethical assumptions or justifications for interactions with animals. Ma... Read more
Physicists are providing a greater level of autonomy for self-taught systems by combining how they respond to their learning as they evolve Cars that can drive autonomously have recently mad... Read more
A small band of NASA engineers and interns is about to begin testing a group of robots and related software that will show whether it’s possible for autonomous machines to scurry about... Read more
The coming age of lorries that drive themselves or robots that perform surgery is fraught with legal and ethical issues, says a new report. Read more