http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/irobis-touts-complete-cognitive-software-system-for-robots/ Engadget Comments for iRobis touts "complete cognitive software system" for robots http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/irobis-touts-complete-cognitive-software-system-for-robots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/irobis-touts-complete-cognitive-software-system-for-robots/May 19th 2009 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/irobis-touts-complete-cognitive-software-system-for-robots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/irobis-touts-complete-cognitive-software-system-for-robots/May 17th 2007 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/irobis-touts-complete-cognitive-software-system-for-robots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/irobis-touts-complete-cognitive-software-system-for-robots/May 17th 2007 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/irobis-touts-complete-cognitive-software-system-for-robots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/irobis-touts-complete-cognitive-software-system-for-robots/May 17th 2007 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/irobis-touts-complete-cognitive-software-system-for-robots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/irobis-touts-complete-cognitive-software-system-for-robots/May 17th 2007 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/irobis-touts-complete-cognitive-software-system-for-robots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/irobis-touts-complete-cognitive-software-system-for-robots/May 17th 2007 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/irobis-touts-complete-cognitive-software-system-for-robots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/17/irobis-touts-complete-cognitive-software-system-for-robots/Having worked in AI/robotics for decades, I would say that the words "complete" and "autonomy" do not go together. Autonomy in robots just means working without human intervention. The level of autonomy refers to the degree of program "decision making".

Mentions of skynet, super-intelligent robots and sentient robots simply masks the real dangers facing us with dumb robots right now.]]>May 18th 2007 6:10AM