Category Archives: Artificial Intelligence

Roots and Requirements for Collaborative AIs

Posted on April 22, 2024 by mjs

The vision of AI collaborators is a staple of mythology and science fiction, where artificial agents with special talents assist human partners and teams. In this dream, sophisticated AIs understand nuances of collaboration and human communication. The AI as collaborator … Continue reading →

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What AIs are not Learning (and Why)

Posted on March 9, 2024 by mjs

It is hard to make robots (including telerobots) that are useful, and harder to make autonomous robots that are robust and general. Current robots are created using manual programming, mathematical models, planning frameworks, and reinforcement learning. These methods do not … Continue reading →

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Bootstrapping Developmental AIs

Posted on August 11, 2023 by mjs

Developmental AI creates embodied AIs that develop human-like abilities. In a bootstrapping approach to developmental AI, the AIs start with innate competences and learn more by interacting with the world including people. Developmental AIs have been demonstrated, but their abilities … Continue reading →

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