Category Archives: Developmental AI

It Takes a Village to Raise a Robot

Posted on June 19, 2024 by mjs

A widespread public concern is that AIs are not trustworthy because they lack human values. Current practices for governing AI behavior aim to contain and guide AI behavior using software guardrails. In contrast, humans have nuanced, context dependent, and deep … Continue reading →

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What AIs are not Learning (and Why)

Posted on March 9, 2024 by mjs

Today’s robots do not learn the general skills needed for such services as providing home care, being nursing assistants, or doing household chores. Addressing such aspirational goals requires improving how AIs and robots are created. Today’s mainstream AIs are 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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