The latest robot research about robots choosing new behavior is a step beyond artificial intelligence. Instead of simply adapting to situations, a conscious robot would proactively improve itself. Is ...

Ultra-deep tech startup Nirvanic put on a fairly humble-looking robotics demo at Jeff Bezos's private MARS 2025 conference – and while the team is adamant that this implies no endorsement from Bezos ...

In the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” episode “The Measure of a Man” Data, an android crew member of the Enterprise, is to be dismantled for research purposes unless Captain Picard can argue that ...

At the mid-point of Alien: Earth 's first episode, the show's protagonist — an android uploaded with the consciousness of a dying child — shakily asks, "If I'm not human, what am I?" By the episode’s ...

Part one: The long, hard road to today. The story of Prometheus ; The First Age: language and fire ; The Second Age: agriculture and cities ; The Third Age: writing and wheels ; The Fourth Age: robots ...

Swiss scientists have published research showing AI-informed robots can learn how to self correct and teach other robots how to behave. It raises questions of consciousness in artificial intelligence.

David Ryan Polgar is the founder and president of the nonprofit All Tech Is Human, which works with Silicon Valley companies ...