A new post on the Dreaming Robots blog the Channel 4 and AMC programme Humans; this time looking at what we can learn about Asimov’s Three Laws and the implications for the future of intelligent, autonomous systems.
I’ll be tweeting live from @DreamingRobots during this Sunday night’s (9pm BST) third episode. #Humans
Amongst the many side-projects I’ve got going on right now, I’m just about finding time to take part in this MOOC from FutureLearn, called ‘Begin Robotics‘. It is only in its second week, so if anyone is interested, do follow the link and join. Begin Robotics
It seems like a terrific introduction, and suitable, I think, for clever children (in the early days, anyway), so I’d encourage lots of people to at least have a look. Those more experienced roboticists amongst you will, no doubt, find it terribly basic – the hint is in the name; even I’m finding it easy at the moment – but nevertheless it could serve then as a great introduction to the wonderful world of MOOCs.
(In all truth, this is about the fifth or sixth MOOC I’ve registered for, but the one that I’ve spent the most time with and that I am most committed to doing. The great thing about MOOCs – as any MOOCkateer will tell you – is that it is learning without pressure. You join, you learn; you don’t have time, you don’t have to feel guilty. More than the subject matter, I think that this is a model for learning that could really take us forward, so do have a look at FutureLearn’s other offerings – including many from the University of Sheffield Begin Robotics – even if you don’t feel like jumping on this robotics course right now.)
See my second of two posts on the CSN blog looking at robots and religion. This time, examining how religion might function as a cultural factor influencing how we perceive robots.
‘Robots & Religion, Part II: which god? which robot?’
http://csnblog.specs-lab.com/2015/06/18/robots-religion-part-ii-which-god-which-robot/
This is my page where I will attempt to draw together in one place the disparate bits of myself that are out there. And as there seems to be more and more bits scattered about, this might take some work.
I am a recovering academic.
I am writing a Substack that is a continuation of that work, Monsters, Machines, Messiahs, and also a cultural history of vampires at This Sucks.
I used to work as a Research Fellow at Sheffield Robotics and the Department of Computer Science at the University of Sheffield. I still actively research in the cultural and social impacts of robotics and AI and am available to discuss these matters in any capacity in which you feel like I could be useful.
I am a co-founder of a robotics start-up, which is now called OLO Robotics, and gets on quite happily without my continued involvement.
I am an ice hockey coach. I am presently the Head Coach of the Sheffield Bears Universities IHC, Sheffield Shadows Women’s IHC and GB Students’ Women’s Team. I have previously served as Head Coach, too, of the GB Students’ Men’s Team, who competed at the FISU World Games in Lake Placid in 2023.
I have three children, 2 cats and a cocker spaniel named Freddie.
A note about developments on our Cyberselves project, including a video of me and iCub, which is too good not to share here:
Michael Szollosy 