artificial intelligence

World’s tech leaders urge UN to ban killer robots

21 Aug 2017

An open letter by 116 tech leaders from 26 countries urges the United Nations against opening the 'Pandora's box' of lethal robot weapons.

No problem too big #1: Artificial intelligence and killer robots

26 May 2017

In this special Speaking With podcast episode, a panel of artists and researchers speculates on the end of the world due to artificial intelligence and killer robots, as though it has already happened.

UNSW robots vie for $5 million prize

09 Mar 2017

A team of five robots and 10 engineers from UNSW will represent Australia at the US$5 million Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Competition, battling 24 teams from 11 countries.

Who will be the winner in the next computing revolution?

05 Jan 2017

Tech companies are racing to create a new way of interacting with computers but the new world will have implications for privacy, diversity and democracy, writes Toby Walsh.

2016 Australian Academy of Science Fellow Toby Walsh

25 May 2016

UNSW Professor Toby Walsh is one of three UNSW scientists elected to the Australian Academy of Science. Walsh, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at UNSW’s School of Computer Science and Engineering, has made important scientific contributions in three closely related areas: artificial intellig

How do you stop Killer Robots?

24 Mar 2016

Thousands of experts in AI and Robotics recently signed an open letter to the UN calling for a ban on offensive autonomous weapons, or as the media like to call them, killer robots.

Rise of the artistic machines

08 Jan 2016

The automation of artistic creativity could be the next frontier in artificial intelligence, writes Oliver Bown.

The robots are coming

27 Nov 2015

Australia faces an artificially intelligent invasion in 2019, when hundreds of robots descend on Sydney to battle for coveted RoboCup world titles.

UNSW expert addresses UN on killer robot threat

20 Oct 2015

Artificial intelligence expert and 'accidental activist' Toby Walsh will address the United Nations in New York this week to call for a ban on autonomous weapons.

We should not dismiss the dangers of ‘killer robots’ so quickly

14 Aug 2015

The problem of offensive autonomous weapons is complex and multi-faceted, and it is worth considering the arguments against them in detail, writes Toby Walsh.

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