Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Roboticists want to give you a third arm

IEEE Spectrum: What could you do with an extra limb? Consider a surgeon performing a delicate operation, one that needs her expertise and steady hands—all three of them. As her two biological hands manipulate surgical instruments, a third robotic limb that’s…

How ChatGPT robs students of motivation to write and think for themselves

The Conversation: When the company OpenAI launched its new artificial intelligence program, ChatGPT, in late 2022, educators began to worry. ChatGPT could generate text that seemed like a human wrote…

Apptronik Developing General-Purpose Humanoid Robot

IEEE Spectrum: There’s a handful of robotics companies currently working on what could be called general-purpose humanoid robots. That is, human-size, human-shaped robots with legs for mobility and arms for manipulation that can (or, may one day be able to) perform…

Here’s How Art Schools Are Dealing With The Rise of AI Generators

VICE: To prepare for the 2023 spring semester, New York University professor Winnie Song did something she’s never had to do before: she created AI art guidelines for her students. Song, an assistant arts professor in the Game Center at…