LAS VEGAS – "Mark Minevich didn't mince words in his Rise of the Autonomous Enterprise presentation here at Interop last week: "Whoever doesn't get involved in AI will die and get phased out." Minevich, a senior advisor to the government's Council of Competitiveness in Washington D.C., ticked off several examples of companies that have transformed industries by leveraging AI technologies, including Amazon with its personalized recommendations and Tesla. "Tesla has accumulated over 750 million miles of data to make cars smarter," said Minevich. The good news is that the U.S. is widely viewed as a leader in AI. Minevich said there's more AI investment in Silicon Valley, for example, than anywhere else in the world and it's growing. Last year estimates put AI investments at $2.5 billion, a figure that's forecast to double to $5 billion 2017. Pointing to forecasts by consulting giants Accenture and McKinsey, Minevich said "AI will deliver a massive trillion-dollar economy and the U.S. ...

Here is a fragment of my presentation for the text "Artificial Intelligence in China in its direct sources. Volume I. S...",, which I just published on the Amazon / Kindle platform. "...In recent years, several countries have announced and initiated strategic programs to support the AI, so far in 2017, particularly Canada and China. In both cases, AI is seen as a tool for development... The present work continues the methodology already used in the case of the Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy, consisting of gathering, providing thematic cohesion and continuity in the edition, recapitulating the essential sources of the subject in question. Under this format, the use for researchers, specialists, and public policy makers is greatly expanded, since not only the information but also the original source is available if the transcribed material (APA methodology) is required to be collated.

A quick, hassle-free way to stay on top of robotics news, our robotics digest is released on the first Monday of every month. Sign up to get it in your inbox. Let's kick off our June review by looking at some great new robotics research and development in action: Inspired by arthropod insects and spiders, Harvard Professor George Whitesides and Alex Nemiroski--a former postdoctoral fellow in Whitesides' Harvard lab--have created a type of semi-soft robot capable of standing and walking. The team also created a robotic water strider capable of pushing itself along the liquid surface. The robots are described in a recently published paper in the journal Soft Robotics.

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A pair of lifelike robots have debated the future of humanity at a technology conference in Hong Kong. The machines, named Han and Sophia, discussed people's limitations and robot's plans to take over the world. They also predicted that robots will be able to do "every human job" in the very near future, and called reality shows "silly".

China is creating roadblocks for U.S. auto makers and tech companies to bringing self-driving cars to the world's largest auto market.

I recently returned from a trip to Japan to see first-hand the role robotics play in senior living communities. While robots are a growing topic throughout the North American seniors' industry, Japan's rapidly expanding elderly population and corresponding caregiver shortage has accelerated the technology. In her 2014 paper published by Brookings, "How Humans Respond to Robots: Building Public Policy through Good Design," Heather Knight discusses why she believes robotics will become an accepted part of daily life. Her premise is that people create the need for machines and guide the plans for development. She writes, "Partnering the capabilities of people with those of machines enables innovation, improved application performance and exploration beyond what either partner could do individually."

We typically think of artificial intelligence (AI) within our industry in terms of processes and calculations. Media buying, for example, is ripe for intervention by sophisticated algorithms and machine learning systems. The commonly-held assumption is that developments such as these will free up humans to spend more time on creative tasks, like campaign strategy and content production. But as we move from rule-based automation to true AI, should we believe that creativity will remain a singularly human pursuit? How close is artificial intelligence to being able to carry out the role of a content marketer?

Microsoft hast just launched Seeing AI, an iOS app that it appropriately describes as a'talking camera for the blind'; I've been giving it a whirl this morning and it's actually pretty impressive. Fire up the free app and point your iPhone at anything, whether it's a document, a menu card, a room or even a friend, and Seeing AI will tell you what it is with its voice. I tried it on a bunch of objects and spaces, and the app was astonishingly quick and accurate for the most part. It managed to recognize a guitar, identified me by my face and told me just how far away I was, and even described my living room and shower with some basic details. It was also able to read out the blurb of a book and the ingredients on a ramen packet, and even identified the contents of a photo I sent to the app from the share sheet in Twitter.

After twice being denied visas, a team of Afghan girls has been permitted to travel to the U.S. for a robotics competition. The team takes a photo at Herat International Airport on Thursday. After twice being denied visas, a team of Afghan girls has been permitted to travel to the U.S. for a robotics competition. The team takes a photo at Herat International Airport on Thursday. It has been an odyssey, but finally, a team of six Afghan girls will be able to travel to the United States to compete in a robotics tournament.