AI, Robots & Cyborgs

AI, Robots & Cyborgs: science-fiction ideas and the real science behind them, explained in five minutes each.

Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment from 2010 about a future superintelligent AI that might punish people who knew it was possible but did not …

The uncanny valley is the idea that a robot or animated figure that looks almost, but not quite, human can feel more unsettling than one …