How Smart is an AI Anyway?
Researchers at the Allen Institute have hit an artificial-intelligence milestone: a machine that is ready for high school science. Maybe even college. Source: A Breakthrough for A.I. Technology: Passing an 8th-Grade Science Test – The New York Times Five years ago, the late Seattle billionaire Paul Allen, the 1975 co-founder of Microsoft alongside Bill Gates, […]
Robot Attitude Preface
The “It’s All About Attitude” Series just grew by one. I am working with Amazon to create a Series page with links to all the versions of all the books. Getting everything linked properly may take a week or so. In the meantime, I would like to share the Robot Attitude Preface with you. This […]
Robot Attitude on the Way
I want to thank all of my friends and family who have read the early drafts of Robot Attitude: How Robots and Artificial Intelligence Will Make Our Lives Better and given me feedback, edits, suggestions, etc. A special thanks to the six who provided beautiful blurbs. Here is the first one… “John Patrick adds to […]
Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
A paper was posted on the Internet by Satoshi Nakamoto in November 2008, “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”. The paper described a system where Bitcoin, a digital currency, can be used to buy and sell goods and services or to just buy and hold the Bitcoin. Currencies such as the U.S. dollar, the Canadian […]
Robots in Agriculture
American consumers have a strong demand for unblemished fruits and vegetables. Satisfying that demand requires hundreds of thousands of workers who have the skills to plant the fields, tend the crops, harvest the produce, and pack it and prepare it for shipment to markets in the U.S. and abroad. Unfortunately, we have a huge shortage […]