Phil and Stephen review recent developments related to robotics and artificial intelligence.

Meet the first-ever robot citizen — a humanoid named Sophia that once said it would 'destroy humans'

Sophia the robot might not have a heart or brain, but it does have Saudi Arabian citizenship.

As of October 25, Sophia is the first robot in history to be a full citizen of a country.

If we had general intelligence at the level of a rat then the Singularity would be very near

If we had a general intelligence with the capabilities of a rat then it would three times beyond the goals of the European Human Brain Project with its mouse models and would be a matter of scaling the neurons and the solution by 400 times.

Peter Diamandis Thinks We’re Evolving Toward “Meta-Intelligence”

The story, in a nutshell, is this—early prokaryotic life appears about 3.5 billion years ago (bya), representing perhaps a symbiosis of separate metabolic and replicative mechanisms of “life;” at 2.5 bya, eukaryotes emerge as composite organisms incorporating biological “technology” (other living things) within themselves;

Billionaire CEO of SoftBank: Robots will have an IQ of 10,000 in 30 years

In about 30 years, artificial intelligence will have an IQ of 10,000, Son says. By comparison, the average human IQ is 100 and genius is 200, according to Son. Mensa, "the High IQ society," starts accepting members with an IQ score of 130.

 

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