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Source: Are Robots Going To Kill Your Next Job Or Create It? | Fast Company | Business + Innovation

From 2013

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Source: This is what will happen when robots take over the world – Telegraph

The Go-playing program teaches itself to replicate something very much like human intuition, an advance that promises far-reaching consequences.

Source: Is AlphaGo Really Such a Big Deal? | Quanta Magazine

The history of artificial intelligence dates back into antiquity – intelligent robots appear in the myths of many ancient societies, including Greek, Arabic, Egyptian and Chinese. Today, the field is more vibrant than ever and some believe that we’re on the threshold of discoveries that could change human society irreversibly, for better or worse. Here are ten things you need to know before the robots take over the world:

Source: Artificial intelligence: Ten things you need to understand

We may be on the verge of creating a new life form, one that could mark not only an evolutionary breakthrough, but a potential threat to our survival as a species

Source: Inside the Artificial Intelligence Revolution: A Special Report, Pt. 1

What problems do engineers need to crack before they can deliver the proverbial Rosie the Robot?

“Decision theorist” Eliezer Yudkowsky spells out his idiosyncratic vision of the Singularity.

Source: AI Visionary Eliezer Yudkowsky on the Singularity, Bayesian Brains and Closet Goblins

While military requires person in loop, robots might decide when to shoot in future.

Source: DOD officials say autonomous killing machines deserve a look

Source: Official Google Blog: AlphaGo: using machine learning to master the ancient game of Go

DeepMind’s program AlphaGo, masters the ancient game of Go. First ever program to defeat a human professional player!

Source: AlphaGo | Google DeepMind