Artificial Inelegance (AI) and Robotics By James Brida

Overview  History of Robotics  Where the concept of Artificial Inelegance originated  Where they are to day  Where they may go in the future

History of Robotics  Around 350 BC Greek mathematician Archytas('ahr 'ky tuhs') builds “The Pigeon” a steam powered bird which flew some 200 meters  The first use of modern robotics were simple fixed machines used in manufacturing in the mid 20 th century

Artificial Intelligence  Definition - the intelligence of machines and the branch of Computer Science that aims to create it.  Frist concept from Greek mythos - the bronze robot of Hephaestus  McJohn Carthy first coined the term Artificial Intelligence in 1956

Todays Robotics  ASIMO - " A dvanced S tep in I nnovative MO bility“ created by Honda in 2000  TOPIO - " TO SY Pi ng Pong Playing Rob o t“ Built by TOSY in 2005

Todays Artificial Intelligence  Several Approaches  Programming – writing code that is able to change itself and add to the base program  Mechanical – designing chips that emulate living organisms brains

Programming Approach  We’re still not able to produce a program or a robot that can make intuitive guesses, infer things about others’ states of mind, develop preferences or beliefs, or perform many of the functions that supposedly make human and animal brains unique.  We can however make programs that can adapt to some extent, as well as score up to 150 on a non-verbal IQ test

IBM’s Brain-Mimicking Silicon Chips  In preliminary tests, these chips were able to play a game of Pong, control a virtual car on a racecourse and identify an image or digit drawn on a screen. These chips completed them without needing specialized programs. The chips can also “learn” how to complete each task if trained.

Where are we heading?  One of the main goals of Artificial Intelligence is to make life easier  Cheap humanoid robots that can complete undesirable or unsafe tasks such as nuclear cleanup and flipping buggers

Conclusion  I spoke about the history of robotics and Artificial Intelligence  Some of the techniques used today  And a few of the goals for those in this field of research  It is also my opinion that a Robot Apocalypse is much more likely than a Zombie Apocalypse…

Questions?  Feel free to ask.

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