We’re Barreling Toward a Robot-Based Economy Where All Profits Go to the Robots’ Owners

Robert Reich / Truthdig Feb 3, 2015 How would you like to live in an economy in which robots do everything that can be predictably programmed in advance and almost all profits go to the robots’ owners? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Stephen Hawking: Artificial Intelligence Could Spell Doom for Humans

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Dec 3, 2014 Theoretical physicist and all-around genius Stephen Hawking has relied for decades on a kind of artificial intelligence to help him communicate, but that doesn't mean he endorses AI without reservation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Time for a Federal Robotics Agency

Thor Benson / Truthdig Sep 23, 2014 As drones, driverless cars, robotic surgeons and algorithms that can buy and trade in the stock market become part of the daily conversation, there needs to be an understanding of how the law and the public will deal with these imminent realities. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Rise of the Milkbots

Staff / Truthdig Apr 24, 2014 At a farm near Albany, N.Y., robots milk the cows. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Robo-News Bot Reports Earthquake Story for L.A. Times

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2014 For those who've been wondering if at least some of the news currently dispensed by the MSM isn't churned up and plopped out of a machine somewhere in the dark reaches of Rupert Murdoch's basement, wonder no more. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Robotic Hand Designed to Feel

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2014 A Dutch man has a prosthetic connected to his nerves, which allows him to feel pressure; Harvard alumni will have exclusive access to some massive open online courses offered by the university; meanwhile, former Vice President Dick Cheney's legacies live on. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tiny ‘Terminator’ Cube Robots Are Here (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 5, 2013 Scientists at MIT have unveiled cube shaped-robots that can flip, jump and assemble themselves into different shapes, and which they hope will one day be able to "accomplish specific tasks in combat or emergency situations," the BBC reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

DARPA Develops Running Animated Robot Beast

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 5, 2013 You may think the interests and makeup of America's current leadership make this an unideal time to develop galloping robots, but the engineers at Boston Dynamics don't. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sex With Roxxxy Is Really Robotic

Staff / Truthdig Aug 26, 2013 According to a recent survey, 9 percent of Americans would be willing to have intercourse with a lifelike machine. With the creation of Roxxxy the sex humanoid, that may soon be possible. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Blame the Robots

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2013 Two MIT professors claim that technological advances are the cause of slow employment growth these past couple of decades; dogs are being treated more like children every day; and no matter what Pelé says, Brazil is paying too high a price for hosting the World Cup. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Rise of the Machines

Staff / Truthdig Sep 26, 2011 Improvements in the technology behind the predator drone are advancing at a rate faster than a half-naked Arnold Schwarzenegger fleeing extra-terrestrial assassins in an alien jungle. Two new books bring us up to date. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How Robots Clean Up an Oil Spill

Staff / Truthdig Oct 11, 2010 Those nerds at MIT have come up with something really amazing (not the first time). It's a swarm of autonomous robots that talk to each other as they make their way around a spill, gobbling up the oil. Why didn't we think of that? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )