CeBIT Global Conferences 2017: Výhled do digitální budoucnosti

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By ItBiz – 24. leden 2017

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Spoluzakladatel společnosti Apple Steve Wozniak, Whistleblower Edward Snowden, oblíbený novinář Jeff Jarvis, zakladatel Wikipedie Jimmy Wales a guru bioetiky Nick Bostrom mají jedno společné: Všichni byli mluvčími na CeBIT Global Conferences v Hannoveru. V březnu 2017 se mezinárodní kongres opět vydá na cestu za digitálním dobrodružstvím…

Virtuální realita, humanoidní roboty, umělá inteligence, internet věcí, ano, dokonce osídlení Marsu – CeBIT Global Conferences 2017 vezmou od 20. do 24. března své hosty na objevnou dobrodružnou cestu do země digitálního světa – „Adventureland – Digital World“. Jejím cílem jsou trendy a témata digitálního světa.

Výchozím bodem cesty je hala č. 8 na hannoverském výstavišti. Zde se setkají „digital people“, firmy nabízející IT a jejich uživatelé, internetové firmy a investoři, kreativci a vizionáři se všemi, kteří by se chtěli více dozvědět o aktuálním vývoji a „next big things“ v oblasti digitalizace.

Mezinárodní Top-Speaker vstoupí do budoucnosti digitálního světa

Objevovány budou především ideje a vize budoucnosti digitálního světa, které představí řada top speakerů, jako například zakladatel společnosti Atari Nolan Bushnell, u kterého kdysi pracovali Steve Jobs a Steve Wozniak. Bushnell je otcem digitálního herního průmyslu, který se v této oblasti už dříve zasazoval o podporu startupů. Ve své současné firmě Brainrush vyvíjí výukový software s prvky Virtual-Reality a videoher.

Profesor Hiroši Išiguro, ředitel Intelligent Robotics Laboratory na univerzitě v Osace, je mezinárodní popstar japonského výzkumu v oblasti robotiky. V březnu 2017 přijede na kongres CeBIT Global Conferences se se svým robotickým dvojníkem, který díky řečovému softwaru mluví, samozřejmě hlasem Hiroši Išigura.

Jedním z předních světových expertů v oblasti umělé inteligence je rodilý Brit žijící v Austrálii Toby Walsh z University New South Wales v Sydney. Walsh byl iniciátorem otevřeného dopisu, který požaduje zákaz autonomních zbraní, resp. smrtících robotů (Killerrobot). Je zastáncem regulačních opatření, která mají zajistit, aby umělá inteligence náš život zlepšovala a neškodila mu.

Lze stimulovat chuťové nervy tak, aby nám zelenina chutnala jako nám chutná čokoláda? Adrian David Cheok, profesor pervazivního computingu na City University London a ředitel laboratoře Mixed Reality Labs v Singapuru, objevil, že každý chuťový smysl může být stimulován určitou elektrickou frekvencí. Cheok nyní provádí výzkum, jak virtuálnímu jídlu dát chuť a texturu.

Daleko do budoucnosti vidí i Holanďan Bas Lansdorp, který založil nadaci Mars One – pro jeden z nejsenzačnějších a nejkontroverznějších záměrů v oblasti letů do vesmíru. Cílem nadace Mars One je od roku 2027 osidlování Marsu lidmi. Měli by zde bydlet ve speciálním sídlišti bez možnosti vrátit se na Zemi.

„Adventure-Look“ na čtyřech scénách

Adventure-Look – „Outfit“ kongresu CeBIT Global Conferences 2017 budou mít také přednáškové a diskusní scény. Sakura Stage se přizpůsobila partnerské zemi příštího veletrhu CeBIT a zvolila si svůj název podle japonského třešňového květu. Třešňový květ je symbolem krásy, rozkvětu a pomíjivosti. Ginkgo Stage vděčí za své jméno jinanu, stromu, který je symbolem ochrany životního prostředí a míru. Bamboo Stage nese jméno podle bambusu, symbolu síly, růstu a pozitivní životní energie. Palmová ratolest, která je symbolem vítězství a radosti, je patronem Palm Stage.

O CeBIT Global Conferences

Během kongresu CeBIT Global Conferences v hale č. 8 budou mezinárodní zástupci ekonomiky, vědy a politiky během pěti veletržních dnů hovořit a diskutovat o trendech a inovacích digitálního světa. V pátek bude blogosféra probíhat především pod heslem „Rock the Blog“. Účast na kongresu je placená. Loft a Palm Stage jsou pro všechny návštěvníky veletrhu CeBIT zdarma. Konferenčními jazyky jsou angličtina a němčina. Další informace jsou k dispozici na internetu na adrese www.cebit.de/de/cgc.

Informace ke vstupenkám

Do konce února 2017 budou vstupenky stát 660 eur a potom, také během akce, 1 000 eur. Vstupenky na kongres CeBIT Global Conferences opravňují k návštěvě veletrhu CeBIT.

Humans marrying sex robots to be legal by 2050: Experts

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By The Asian Age – December 25, 2016

http://www.asianage.com/life/relationship/251216/humans-marrying-sex-robots-to-be-legal-by-2050-experts.html

They say chances of marriages working out are higher with robots (Photo: YouTube)
They say chances of marriages working out are higher with robots (Photo: YouTube)

 

Sex robots seem to have captured the imagination of people looking for a better time in bed across the world as celebrity look-alikes of robots may hit the markets and robots with functioning human genitalia and the ability to crack jokes are already making news.

While critics have already warned that robots will take over as partners in bed from human beings in the near future and enthusiasts say that robots may lead to clean prostitution, experts are now predicting that sex with robots will also be legalised in the next three decades.

Although the idea may seem unthinkable, the argument cited is that the concept of homosexual marriage was outrageous around the world 35 years back and now they have been legalised, and even black people weren’t allowed to marry each other in some American states till the 70s.

The expert Adrian Cheok says that though the marriages will be legal in around 2050, people will start living with robots much before that. He added that while many marriages between human beings can be unhappy, marriages with robots will have higher chances of success.

The only challenge according to Cheok is to develop a software that allows robots to understand human conversations and emotions effectively enough to be a good partner.

Experts predict human-robot marriage will be legal by 2050

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By Olivia Goldhill – December 24, 2016 -QUARTZ

A press officer poses with 'Pepper' the Humanoid Robot at the 'World of Me: Store of the near future installation' in London, Britain, April 13, 2016.
Experts predict humans will do more than shake hands with robots. (Reuters/ Hannah Mckay)

In the face of AI exerts repeatedly predicting the rise of sex robots, it’s increasingly difficult to insist that such machines strictly belong to a far-off, dystopian future. But some robotics experts predict we’ll soon be doing far more than having sexual intercourse with machines. Instead, we’ll be making love to them—with all the accompanying romantic feelings.

At this week’s “Love and Sex with Robots” conference at Goldsmith University in London, David Levy, author of a book on human-robot love, predicted that human-robot marriages would be legal by 2050. Adrian Cheok, computing professor at City University London and director of the Mixed Reality Lab in Singapore, says the prediction is not so farfetched. With the number of women using a the v tight gel product, it is clear that men are looking to maintain quality of sex even after their partner’s pregnancy and child birth. The demand for sexual satisfaction is also common for both sexes.

“That might seem outrageous because it’s only 35 years away. But 35 years ago people thought homosexual marriage was outrageous,” says Cheok, who also spoke at the conference. “Until the 1970s, some states didn’t allow white and black people to marry each other. Society does progress and change very rapidly.”

And though human-robot marriage might not be legal until 2050, Cheok believes humans will be living with robot partners long before then.

Though Cheok acknowledges that sex robots could fulfill sexist male sexual fantasies, he believes robot-human marriages will have an overwhelmingly positive effect on society. “People assume that everyone can get married, have sex, fall in love. But actually many don’t,” he says. And even those who do might be in search of a different option. “A lot of human marriages are very unhappy,” Cheok says. “Compared to a bad marriage, a robot will be better than a human.”

Though various sex robots are on the market, there are none that come close to resembling a human sexual partner—and there’s certainly nothing like the type of humanoid robot capable of replicating a loving relationship. However, Cheok believes the greatest technological difficulty in creating love robots is not a mechanical challenge, but a matter of developing the software necessary to build a robot that understands human conversation skillfully enough for the job.

Once that problem has been addressed, Cheok sees no problem with romances between man and machine. “If a robot looks like it loves you, and you feel it loves you, then you’re essentially going to feel like it’s almost human love,” he says. Cheok points out that in Japan and South Korea, there are already cases of humans falling in love with computer characters. Cheok also compares robot love to human emotions for other species, such as pet cats. “We already have very high empathy for non-human creatures. That’s why I think once we have robots that act human, act emotional, or look human, it’s going to be a small jump for us to feel empathy towards robots,” he says.

Others are less convinced. Oliver Bendel, professor at University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Switzerland, with a focus on machine ethics, says he does not believe sex or love robots will have moral standing. “Marriage is a form of contract between human beings to regulate mutual rights and obligations including the care and the welfare of children. Perhaps one day robots can have real duties and rights, though I don’t really believe it,” he says. However, he acknowledges that human-robot marriage could become legal by 2050 simply in response to public pressure.

Then again, Bendel says, legislation could move in the other direction: As sex and love robots become more realistic, governments could choose to ban sexual relationships between humans and machines. Either way, though the technology is not ready yet, experts believe it’s best to start figuring out the moral conundrums now, so that we’ll be prepared once romantic sex robots do arrive.

Humans will be marrying robots by 2050, scientists say

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By Carol Pinchefsky – January 04, 2017 – Syfywire

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Roboticists claim that it will be legal to have sex with robots by the year 2050.

But people will be having sex with robot partners before that.

No, you’re not reading this wrong.

In an article at Quartz, Adrian Cheok, computing professor at City University London and director of the Mixed Reality Lab in Singapore, reminded readers that homosexual marriage, as well as interracial marriage, was considered “outrageous” 35 years ago.

Cheok says that humans have the capacity to love non-humans—such as their pets. Or their anime characters. “If a robot looks like it loves you, and you feel it loves you, then you’re essentially going to feel like it’s almost human love,” Cheok says.

According to Quartz, the real challenge isn’t mechanical. (If you want to google the strides companies have made with sexbots, that’s between you and your browser history.) No, the real challenge is “a matter of developing the software necessary to build a robot that understands human conversation.” Because after all, marriage is about communication.

Not everyone is convinced you’ll have a groovy kind of metallic/latex love. In 2015, ethicists asked people to not have sex with robots because of the possibility of dehumanizing the sexual experience and decreasing empathy with a partner.

But perhaps robo-love can fill in a gap for those who have tried and failed at love with a human with his/her own opinions and demands that you get a real job.

“A lot of human marriages are very unhappy,” Cheok says. “Compared to a bad marriage, a robot will be better than a human.”

What do you think? Will you be welcoming your new robot overlord … into your bed?

Kweli busu la kidijitali linaweza kuwa sawa na la kweli?

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By DW (Kiswahili) – January 6, 2017

Hiki ni kifaa kipya cha simu kinachokupa fursa ya kumrushia busu mwenzio aliye mbali na wewe kwa njia ya kidijitali, na akaweza kuhisi kama vile mnapokuwa karibu. Ili busu liweze kumfika unayemlenga, lazima naye awe na kifaa kama hiki. Kifaa cha ‘Kissenger‘ bado hakipatikani madukani lakini wewe unakionaje? Kweli busu la kidijitali linaweza kuwa sawa na la kweli?
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