Pédagogie & Technologie

The UC Berkeley professor talks about using algorithms to make it safer for robots and people to cross paths.

Sony's puppy-sized robot dog aibo, equipped with cameras, artificial intelligence and internet capability, can now remotely check up on family members, children or even pets.

We're far from developing robots that feel emotions, but we already have feelings towards them, says robot ethicist Kate Darling, and an instinct like that can have consequences. Learn more about how we're biologically hardwired to project intent and life onto machines -- and how it might help us better understand ourselves.

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Encore discrets jusqu'à récemment, les bots sont désormais sous les feux de la rampe.

Ces petits programmes capables de réaliser des tâches automatisées ont tout pour se substituer aux applis actuelles et représentent le nouvel Eldorado des géants du web.

Normal, celui qui présentera le meilleur écosystème de ces bots à tout faire a toutes les chances d'écraser les autres. Et Facebook est bien parti…

"Spending on virtual reality (VR) hardware for university campuses is expected to almost double in 2018 to $17.8 billion, a recent report explains. By 2021, the same report states, 85% of hardware spending in US universities will be on Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (AR) tech. Ready to make the most of virtual reality in your own elearning modules? Here are three suggestions for how to do so."

According to an Oxford University analysis, close to half of all jobs will be taken over by robots in the next 25 years. No wonder the press is full of handwringing about how workers will adjust and the best way to prepare the next generation for this A.I.-filled future.

But not everyone is alarmed about the prospect of radical change in the labor market. After all, this has happened before (for instance, when mechanization replaced the vast majority of farmers) and it turned out OK. Plus, a lot of today's jobs are soul-crushingly boring and repetitive. Losing them just might be a blessing. 

Among these optimists are IT service company Cognizant. In a recent report (hat tip to Business Insider for the pointer), the consultancy notes that while creative destruction has always been with us, so has reinvention. Sure, robots will take jobs away, but they'll also create new ones.

What will these new gigs look like exactly? The report imagines detailed job ads for 21 future careers that Cognizant thinks may emerge in the next 10 years.