ICDL is the premiere venue for interdisciplinary research that blends
the boundaries between robotics, artificial intelligence, machine
learning, developmental psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy. The 9th International Conference on Development and Learning will be held on August 18-21, 2010.

The following is a very interesting survey results conducted by Zogby International
For the full coverage on the survey results, please visit Cyborg Status – Forbes.com (August 5th, 2009).

–If you could have the Internet wired directly into your brain, would you do so?
Yes: 13%
No: 82%
Not sure: 5%.
(We asked the same question in October 2007, and found 11% said yes.)
–Would you agree to have a computer chip implanted in your brain if it would make you immune to disease?
Yes: 25%
No: 54%
Not sure: 21%
–Would you agree to have a computer …

The Agenda with Steve Paikin (broadcasted by TVO) covered a special issue filmed at the Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Ontario - I can’t believe they filmed it so close to where I did my undergrad (University of Waterloo).
The show frames the discussion around the question “How will robotics change our lives and our evolution?”, talks about what is currently considered ‘feasible’ in robotics and what it means to our future lives.
Guest speakers are (excepts from TVO below), and embed of the video is also provided for you below:
Michael Belfiore is a writer …

Two days ago, I went to watch the movie Avatar.
I thought the plot was quite blend, but that was soon forgotten when I started to see the linkage between the idea of singularity and the movie’s storyline.
For those of you who are new to the idea of singularity the following paragraph is my attempt to describe it to you using my limited knowledge of the topic:
Key promoters of the theory/science – also called apocalyptic AI – are Ray Kurzweil and Hans Moravec. Their singularity argument is that machine intelligence will …

Title: Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality
Author: Robert M. Geraci
Subject: Robotics, AI, Philosophy of Religion
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published Date: March 5, 2010
Link: Amazon.com.

Another instance of where ‘affect’ is making robotic devices a little more friendly.
According to Engaget, this robot is “a dashboard-mounted AI system that collects environmental data, such as local events, traffic and gas stations, and combines it with a careful analysis of your driving habits and style to make helpful suggestions and note points of interest.”
All relevant information about the bot is nicely shown in the short video below. For more information, please visit Engaget.