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• @hodlipson Hod Lipson on x

  Great New York Times piece by @oliverwhang21 on our effort with @Boyuan__Chen to build a self-aware robot. Builds on work with @DoctorJosh (Here's a PDF if you can't access NYT: https://drive.google.com/...) https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @boyuan__chen Boyuan Chen on x

  Related research videos: -Robot arm (Science Robotics, 2022): https://www.youtube.com/... -Robot face (ICRA 2021) https://www.youtube.com/... -Legged robot (pre-print) https://www.youtube.com/...

• @thouartthat @thouartthat on x

  Technoscience is now indistinguishable from science fiction. Crap like this makes me want to poke my own eyes out. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @adrianbonenber1 Adrian Bonenberger on x

  Pros: godlike feeling of power and accomplishment, humanity teetering on precipice of immortality Cons: most reckless display of arrogance possible, humanity teetering on precipice of extinction https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @johnwwarneriv @johnwwarneriv on x

  “This is not just another research question that we're working on, this is the question,” he said. “This is bigger than cancer. If we can create a machine that will have consciousness on par with a human, this will eclipse everything else. That machine itself can cure cancer.”

• @zdgroff Zach Freitas-Groff on x

  And to my #AnimalRights followers—this issue risks a lot of the same tragic dynamics we've seen with humans and animals.

• @hodlipson Hod Lipson on x

  Here's a video that describes our ongoing journey to build self-aware machines https://www.youtube.com/...

• @zdgroff Zach Freitas-Groff on x

  @jeffrsebo ... Very glad to see @rgblong quoted here but pretty worried about the actual project the piece described and some of the cavalierness!

• @boyuan__chen Boyuan Chen on x

  Proud to see our research on visual self-modeling robots for manipulators, legged robots, and animatronic robot face are featured in New York Times! With: @hodlipson @DoctorJosh Expecting more exciting progress! Link: https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @doctorjosh Josh Bongard on x

  Our work on self-modeling robots, described in today's New York Times. The #xenobots also make a cameo. PDF: https://drive.google.com/... Collaborators: @hodlipson, Victor Zykov, @drmichaellevin, @DougBlackiston, @Kriegmerica. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @jeffrsebo Jeff Sebo on x

  Today, @davidchalmers42 is delivering the presidential address on AI minds at the APA, and the @nytimes published a story on the topic with a quote by @rgblong! Great to see this topic getting more attention among specialist and general audiences alike :) https://www.nytimes.com/…

• @eschwitz Eric Schwitzgebel on x

  I'm delighted to see Mara Garza's and my “Design Policy of the Excluded Middle” get some attention in the New York Times. According to this policy, we should avoid creating AI systems whose moral status is unclear. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @johnwwarneriv @johnwwarneriv on x

  A.I. run amok once again. The dangers are infinite. https://www.nytimes.com/...