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WEAK BIASES CAN FIX. “Given enough time, a weak bias in favor of a particular trait can eventually drive that trait to fixation. Probabilistic constraints combined with culture therefore potentially provide an alternative to nativism or nothing: Behavioral universals can be underpinned by weak biases at the level of the individual.” https://lnkd.in/dCmU6-w View in LinkedIn

SHOP ASSISTANTS. "Dressed in a kimono and smiling, Aiko Chihira greets shoppers at the entrance of Tokyo's Mitsukoshi department store. But Chihira is no regular employee -- she is a humanoid robot." (2015). https://lnkd.in/dQ-Uy2X View in LinkedIn

WEAK BIASES ACCUMULATE. “A well-known property of cultural evolution is that, under a wide range of circumstances, weak inductive biases acting on learning can have strong effects in the cultural system as the effects of those biases accumulate.” http://www.pnas.org/content/113/16/4530.full View in LinkedIn

MENIAL ROBOTS. "In September, 11 new members of staff are scheduled to start work at Tokyo's Haneda International Airport. The latest additions to the workforce will be tasked with menial jobs, such as cleaning the concourse and transporting luggage, but they are unlikely to complain about their responsibilities as they are robots." (2015). https://lnkd.in/d_bSTDE View in LinkedIn

EXPANDED LINE. “Sony To Create Robot That Can Form Emotional Bond With People. It’s not surprisingly that Sony would want to get back in the game after it had made great strides a decade ago with AIBO dogs, which some users have gone as far as to hold funerals for.” http://futurism.com/sony-to-create-robot-that-can-form-emotional-bond-with-people/ View in LinkedIn

EMOTIONAL ROBOT. "Pepper, a humanoid robot that can feel emotion and look after its owner, has sold out a minute after going on sale. “He's an emotional robot, not a functional robot for domestic use with dish washer or vacuum cleaner functionalities." To care for elders and children. (2015). https://lnkd.in/dUEkeFH View in LinkedIn

JAPAN'S ROBOT REVOLUTION. "Opening Japan’s official Robot Revolution Initiative Council on May 15, Abe called on the nation’s corporate sector to “spread the use of robotics from large-scale factories to every corner of our economy and society. Backed by 200 companies and universities and chaired by Mitsubishi Electric’s Tamotsu Nomakuchi, the council aims to expand robotics throughout Japanese industry, with a goal of growing sales from 600 billion yen ($4.9 billion) a year to 2.4 trillion yen by 2020." http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/japans-robot-revolution/ View in LinkedIn

“MIND CLONE is a digital copy of your mind outside of your body. I think Mind Clone will look like an avatar on the screen, talking, instead of a robot version. Mind Clones are 10-20 years away.” Am I talking about a law of physics here? Am I talking about defying gravity here? No. Am I talking about going faster than light? No. All I am doing here is talking about writing some good code.” https://lnkd.in/davFNXB View in LinkedIn

NEW CHERRY 2000. “Bina-48 was created five years ago as a digital replica uploaded with Bina Aspen’s thoughts, memories and feelings – all of which were broken down into computer code to create a digital version of her consciousness. Created by Hanson Robotics, Bina-48 can engage in conversation, answer questions and even have “spontaneous” thoughts that are derived from multimedia data in a “mindfile” created by the real Bina.” https://lnkd.in/davFNXB View in LinkedIn

MIND CLONE PROTOTYPE. "Entrepreneur Martine Rothblatt has created a new robotic head that she hopes, one day in the future, humans will be able to upload their minds into. Bina-48 is named after Rothblatt’s real-life wife, Bina Aspen, and serves as a proof-of-concept for the futuristic idea. The robot version is designed to carry on a conversation, with scientists hoping that these mind clones could give human owners a sort of artificial afterlife." https://lnkd.in/davFNXB View in LinkedIn