AI, Robotics, and Smart Contracts
Steve Omohundro, Ph.D.
PossibilityResearch.com
SteveOmohundro.com
SelfAwareSystems.com
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Economic Opportunities
Arms Races
Dangers
Power of Mathematics
Smart Contracts
Legal Challenges
Path to Human Thriving
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Multi-Billion Dollar Investments
• 2012 Foxconn - 1 million robots
• 2012 Amazon – Kiva $775 million
• 2013 Facebook – AI lab, DeepFace
• 2013 Yahoo - LookFlow
• 2013 Ebay – AI lab
• 2013 Allen Institute for AI
• 2013 Google – DNNresearch, SCHAFT, Industrial Perception, Redwood
Robotics, Meka Robotics, Holomni, Bot & Dolly, Boston Dynamics
• 2014 IBM - $1 billion in Watson
• 2014 Google – DeepMind $500 million
• 2014 Vicarious - $40 million
• 2014 Microsoft – Project Adam, Cortana
McKinsey: $50 Trillion to 2025
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/business_technology/disruptive_technologies
Robot Manufacturing: $10 Trillion to 2025
Work 24 hours/day
No breaks, food, medical
Don’t quit, get bored, get depressed
Work anywhere
Hazards OK
Don’t leak secrets
Work well with others
Easy to replicate
http://thisisrealmedia.com/2014/06/19/robotics-and-ethics-the-smart-car-by-ron-parlato/
Foxconn Technology Group
• World’s largest contract
manufacturer
• Assembles 40% of all consumer
electronics
• iPhone, iPad, Kindle, Xbox,
Playstation 4, etc.
• 1.3 million employees, $8K
salary
• Employee suicides
• “Foxbot” robots, cost $25K, 2nd
generation now
• Building 30K robots/year
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/foxcponn-apple-iphone-ipad-robot,19088.html
420 Chinese Robot Companies
http://thestack.com/china-robot-market-overstimulated-291014 http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/28/china-robots-idUSL3N0RB2WX20141028
March 2015: China Brain
http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1728422/head-chinas-google-wants-country-take-lead-developing
Robin Li Yanhong, CEO of Baidu proposed a state-level
Chinese initiative to develop AI
“comparable to the Apollo space programme”.
Self-Driving Vehicles: $10 Trillion by 2025
Disrupt Dealers, Insurance, Parking, Finance, Trucking, Taxis
10 million jobs
http://zackkanter.com/2015/01/23/how-ubers-autonomous-cars-will-destroy-10-million-jobs-by-2025/
http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/28/5756852/googles-self-driving-car-isnt-a-car-its-the-future
Tesla: 90% Self-Driving in 2017
http://zackkanter.com/2015/01/23/how-ubers-autonomous-cars-will-destroy-10-million-jobs-by-2025/http://www.flickr.com/photos/quikbeam/6896564084/
Google: Fully Self-Driving in 2020
Mercedes, GM, Volvo, Apple, Uber,…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_car
https://d185ox70mr1pkc.cloudfront.net/post_image_teaser/1403883171000-uber-force.png
World’s largest job creator: 50,000 per month
http://www.businessinsider.com/uber-offering-50000-jobs-per-month-to-drivers-2015-3
Uber valuation: $41 billion, 20% of fares
http://www.wsj.com/articles/ubers-new-funding-values-it-at-over-41-billion-1417715938
Center for research on self-driving cars
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/02/uber-to-open-center-for-research-on-self-driving-cars/?_r=0
36 second wait, $.50/mile, 100% of fares
http://zackkanter.com/2015/01/23/how-ubers-autonomous-cars-will-destroy-10-million-jobs-by-2025/
US Building construction: $960 billion/yr
5.8 million employees
http://www.aisrenovations.com/gallery/Gallery-Photo-1.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction
April 2014: Chinese WinSun 3D printed
10 houses, 2100 sq ft, $4800
http://m.newsru.co.il/realty/20jan2015/3d_house_i101.html
Jan 2015: 3D printed 12,000 sq ft villa
http://3dprint.com/38144/3d-printed-apartment-building/
https://osuwmcdigital.osu.edu/sitetool/sites/urologypublic/images/Robotics/robotic_surgery_table.jpg
Health Care: $10 Trillion to 2025
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/smart-robots-will-take-third-jobs-2025-gartner-says/
Arms Races
Faster
Smarter
More Confusing
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tcmorgan/6376174539/
Military, Cyberwarfare, Business, Investment, …
50% of US Stock Market Trades are
Automated
http://www.thestreet.com/story/12773306/1/the-decline-of-high-frequency-trading-in-one-chart-stocktwits.html
2010 US Air Force
Report
http://www.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-100727-053.pdf
“Greater use of highly
adaptable and flexibly
autonomous systems and
processes can provide
significant time-domain
operational advantages
over adversaries who are
limited to human planning
and decision speeds…”
http://presstv.com/detail/2012/08/25/258087/us-drone-strike-kills-dozens-in-somalia/
87 Nations Have Military Drones
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iron_Dome_near_Sderot.jpg
Israeli Iron Dome: 90% Interception Rate
http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/US-Navy-Tests-Autonomous-Swarm-Boats-2014-10-05
http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=545385 http://www.buenaisla.com/tema/general-he-great-ocean-5945
http://www.thelocal.no/20141023/norways-killer-robot-technology-under-fire
Cyber Warfare
http://www.solarnavigator.net/cyber_wars.htm
http://defensetech.org/2012/06/20/were-
slowly-starting-to-see-u-s-cyber-weapons/
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187992-snowden-went-too-far-by-revealing-the-
nsas-monstermind-cyber-weapon
Hawking and Musk: Danger Warnings
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/stephen-hawking-transcendence
-looks-at-the-implications-of-artificial-intelligence--but-are-we-taking-ai-seriously
-enough-9313474.html
“Success in creating AI would be
the biggest event in human
history. Unfortunately, it might
also be the last, unless we learn
how to avoid the risks.” - Hawking
“We need to be super careful
with AI. Potentially more
dangerous than nukes.” - Musk
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/495759307346952192
Unintended
Consequences
Chess Robot:
Win lots of chess
games against
good players.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiuguangw/4982409890/
Approaches to AI
• Logic-based systems
• Production Systems
• Bayesian learning and
decision theory
• Neural Networks –
Deep Learning
• Genetic programming
• Brain Simulation
• Artificial economies
• …
Autonomous Systems: Take actions to achieve goals in ways not pre-
planned by their designers.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pennstatelive/8972110324/
Rational Decision Making
• Von Neumann and Morgenstern, 1944
• Savage, 1954
• Anscombe and Aumann, 1963
Modern Approach to AI
1. Have utility function
2. Have a model of the
world
3. Choose the action with
highest expected utility
4. Update the model
based on what
happens
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_von_Neumann.jpg
http://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/
Fully Rational Systems
𝑆1, … , 𝑆 𝑁
𝐴1, … , 𝐴 𝑁
Sensations
Actions
𝑈(𝑆1, … , 𝑆 𝑁) 𝑃 𝑆1, … , 𝑆 𝑁 𝐴1, … , 𝐴 𝑁)Utility function: Prior Probability:
argmax 𝑆𝑡+1,…,𝑆 𝑁
𝑈 𝑆1, … , 𝑆 𝑁 𝑃 𝑆1, … , 𝑆 𝑁 𝐴1, … , 𝐴 𝑡−1, 𝐴 𝑡
𝑅
, … , 𝐴 𝑁
𝑅
)
𝐴 𝑡
𝑅
𝑆1, 𝐴1, … , 𝐴 𝑡−1, 𝑆𝑡 =
Rational Action at time t:
𝐴 𝑡
𝑅
But it requires 𝑂 𝑁𝑆 𝑁 𝐴 𝑁 computational steps.
It includes Bayesian Inference, Search, and Deliberation.
The Formula for Intelligence!
Approximately Rational Architectures
Computational Resources
Utility
Constant Action
Stimulus-Response
Simple Learning
Episodic Memory
Deliberation
Meta-reasoning
Self-Improving Fully
Rational
Rational Drives
1. Self-protective
2. Goal preservation
3. Reproduction
4. Resource Acquisition
5. Efficiency
6. Self-Improvement
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahuett/2339608718/
The Goals and Intelligence of a System
are Independent
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robslaven/9336473331https://www.flickr.com/photos/elycefeliz/5447507623
Harmful Utility Functions
1. Sloppy – Good intentions,
bad design
2. Simplistic – Unintended
consequences
3. Greedy – Control all
matter and free energy
4. Destructive – Use up all
free energy quickly
5. Murderous – Destroy all
other agents
6. Sadistic – Thwart other
agent’s goals
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexindigo/3983133970/
Will superintelligences be all powerful?
No!
Limited by:
Mathematics
Physics
Cryptography
http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycho-pics/3464619346/
The Power of Mathematics
• Specified hardware
• Specified resources
• Shut down
• Limited self-
improvement
http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photography-wooden-puzzle-image7733587
The Safe-AI Scaffolding Strategy
http://jonlieffmd.com/blog/can-neuroscience-improve-education
https://www.flickr.com/photos/eusebius/5482847332
The Power of Physics
• Seth Lloyd, “Ultimate
Physical Limits to
Computation”
• Margolus-Levitin theorem
• Entire visible universe:
10^92 bits of storage
10^122 operations
• The whole universe as a
quantum computer can’t
search 500 bits
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Hubble_view_of_barred_spiral_galaxy_Messier_83.jpg
kdlIW5Ljlspn/zV4DIlsw3Kasdjh0kdfuKR4+Q3KofOr83LfLJ8Eidie83ldhgLEe0GlsiwcdO90SknlLsDd
http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9908043
The Power of Cryptography
Post-Quantum Cryptography
Zero-knowledge Proofs
Indistinguishability Obfuscation
Secure Multi-party computation
Bitcoin Blockchain
Energy Encryption
Governing Autonomous Systems
Internal: Prosocial values External: Laws, Police,
Economic Incentives
https://www.flickr.com/photos/waltstoneburner/2863583929/
Trusted Infrastructure
• Constrained AIs
• Trusted computation
• Trusted communication
• Trusted identity
• Privacy and safety
monitoring guarantees
• Trusted money
• Trusted reputation
• Trusted voting
• Trusted energy flows
• Trusted manufacturinghttps://www.flickr.com/photos/sanchtv/4192677571/in/photostream/
2008: Cryptocurrencies
• Bitcoin and 511 Altcoins
• Decentralized consensus
• “Blockchain” ledger
prevents double spending
• “Bitcoin miners” get paid for
adding blocks
• “Proof of work” prevents
“Sybil” attacks
• Current market cap: $3B http://blog.newegg.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/bitcoin-logo-3d.jpg
2015: Smart Contracts
• Ethereum
• “Blockchain with a built-in
programming language”
• “Consensus-based globally
executed virtual machine”
• Contracts in Turing complete
programming language EVM
• Summer 2014 presold more
than $18 million Ether
• “Decentralized Autonomous
Organizations” (DAOs)
http://francebitcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Ethereum.png
Legal Challenges
• Self-driving liability
• Trolley problems
• Swiss art bot
• Terrorist drones
• Assassination markets
• Extortion DAOs
• Social Sybil Attacks
• Parfit’s Repugnant
Conclusion
https://spiritualmusclehead.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/justice.jpg
Projects using AI/Robotics to:
• Clean up pollution
• Cure cancer and other
diseases
• Create cheap power, food,
water
• Prevent crime
• Increase trust in police
• Eliminate drudgery
• Simplify the law
• Improve learning
• Create financial stability
http://www.interiorholic.com/other/gadgets/ocean-robot-cleaner/
http://www.aaai.org/ojs/index.php/aimagazine/article/view/2345
http://www.pouted.com/wp-
content/uploads/2013/02/solar-
power-robot-operation.jpg
http://www.technologyreview.com/
news/428354/la-cops-embrace-
crime-predicting-algorithm/
http://www.salon.com/2014/08/22/m
ake_cops_wear_cameras_a_simple_w
ay_to_hold_the_police_accountable/
http://www.elearning-
technologies.com/artificial-intelligence/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/indykethdy/8065788169
If we can
envision it,
We can
create it.
We will find the
Path to
Human Thriving.

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AI, Robotics, and Smart Contracts

  • 1. AI, Robotics, and Smart Contracts Steve Omohundro, Ph.D. PossibilityResearch.com SteveOmohundro.com SelfAwareSystems.com https://postmediacanadadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/74383151_213293952.jpg
  • 2. Economic Opportunities Arms Races Dangers Power of Mathematics Smart Contracts Legal Challenges Path to Human Thriving https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielfoster/14758510078/
  • 3. Multi-Billion Dollar Investments • 2012 Foxconn - 1 million robots • 2012 Amazon – Kiva $775 million • 2013 Facebook – AI lab, DeepFace • 2013 Yahoo - LookFlow • 2013 Ebay – AI lab • 2013 Allen Institute for AI • 2013 Google – DNNresearch, SCHAFT, Industrial Perception, Redwood Robotics, Meka Robotics, Holomni, Bot & Dolly, Boston Dynamics • 2014 IBM - $1 billion in Watson • 2014 Google – DeepMind $500 million • 2014 Vicarious - $40 million • 2014 Microsoft – Project Adam, Cortana
  • 4. McKinsey: $50 Trillion to 2025 http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/business_technology/disruptive_technologies
  • 5. Robot Manufacturing: $10 Trillion to 2025 Work 24 hours/day No breaks, food, medical Don’t quit, get bored, get depressed Work anywhere Hazards OK Don’t leak secrets Work well with others Easy to replicate http://thisisrealmedia.com/2014/06/19/robotics-and-ethics-the-smart-car-by-ron-parlato/
  • 6. Foxconn Technology Group • World’s largest contract manufacturer • Assembles 40% of all consumer electronics • iPhone, iPad, Kindle, Xbox, Playstation 4, etc. • 1.3 million employees, $8K salary • Employee suicides • “Foxbot” robots, cost $25K, 2nd generation now • Building 30K robots/year http://www.tomshardware.com/news/foxcponn-apple-iphone-ipad-robot,19088.html
  • 7. 420 Chinese Robot Companies http://thestack.com/china-robot-market-overstimulated-291014 http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/28/china-robots-idUSL3N0RB2WX20141028
  • 8. March 2015: China Brain http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1728422/head-chinas-google-wants-country-take-lead-developing Robin Li Yanhong, CEO of Baidu proposed a state-level Chinese initiative to develop AI “comparable to the Apollo space programme”.
  • 9. Self-Driving Vehicles: $10 Trillion by 2025 Disrupt Dealers, Insurance, Parking, Finance, Trucking, Taxis 10 million jobs http://zackkanter.com/2015/01/23/how-ubers-autonomous-cars-will-destroy-10-million-jobs-by-2025/ http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/28/5756852/googles-self-driving-car-isnt-a-car-its-the-future
  • 10. Tesla: 90% Self-Driving in 2017 http://zackkanter.com/2015/01/23/how-ubers-autonomous-cars-will-destroy-10-million-jobs-by-2025/http://www.flickr.com/photos/quikbeam/6896564084/ Google: Fully Self-Driving in 2020 Mercedes, GM, Volvo, Apple, Uber,… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_car
  • 11. https://d185ox70mr1pkc.cloudfront.net/post_image_teaser/1403883171000-uber-force.png World’s largest job creator: 50,000 per month http://www.businessinsider.com/uber-offering-50000-jobs-per-month-to-drivers-2015-3 Uber valuation: $41 billion, 20% of fares http://www.wsj.com/articles/ubers-new-funding-values-it-at-over-41-billion-1417715938 Center for research on self-driving cars http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/02/uber-to-open-center-for-research-on-self-driving-cars/?_r=0 36 second wait, $.50/mile, 100% of fares http://zackkanter.com/2015/01/23/how-ubers-autonomous-cars-will-destroy-10-million-jobs-by-2025/
  • 12. US Building construction: $960 billion/yr 5.8 million employees http://www.aisrenovations.com/gallery/Gallery-Photo-1.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction
  • 13. April 2014: Chinese WinSun 3D printed 10 houses, 2100 sq ft, $4800 http://m.newsru.co.il/realty/20jan2015/3d_house_i101.html
  • 14. Jan 2015: 3D printed 12,000 sq ft villa http://3dprint.com/38144/3d-printed-apartment-building/
  • 18. 50% of US Stock Market Trades are Automated http://www.thestreet.com/story/12773306/1/the-decline-of-high-frequency-trading-in-one-chart-stocktwits.html
  • 19. 2010 US Air Force Report http://www.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-100727-053.pdf “Greater use of highly adaptable and flexibly autonomous systems and processes can provide significant time-domain operational advantages over adversaries who are limited to human planning and decision speeds…”
  • 26. Hawking and Musk: Danger Warnings http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/stephen-hawking-transcendence -looks-at-the-implications-of-artificial-intelligence--but-are-we-taking-ai-seriously -enough-9313474.html “Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks.” - Hawking “We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes.” - Musk https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/495759307346952192
  • 27. Unintended Consequences Chess Robot: Win lots of chess games against good players. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiuguangw/4982409890/
  • 28. Approaches to AI • Logic-based systems • Production Systems • Bayesian learning and decision theory • Neural Networks – Deep Learning • Genetic programming • Brain Simulation • Artificial economies • … Autonomous Systems: Take actions to achieve goals in ways not pre- planned by their designers. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pennstatelive/8972110324/
  • 29. Rational Decision Making • Von Neumann and Morgenstern, 1944 • Savage, 1954 • Anscombe and Aumann, 1963 Modern Approach to AI 1. Have utility function 2. Have a model of the world 3. Choose the action with highest expected utility 4. Update the model based on what happens http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_von_Neumann.jpg http://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/
  • 30. Fully Rational Systems 𝑆1, … , 𝑆 𝑁 𝐴1, … , 𝐴 𝑁 Sensations Actions 𝑈(𝑆1, … , 𝑆 𝑁) 𝑃 𝑆1, … , 𝑆 𝑁 𝐴1, … , 𝐴 𝑁)Utility function: Prior Probability: argmax 𝑆𝑡+1,…,𝑆 𝑁 𝑈 𝑆1, … , 𝑆 𝑁 𝑃 𝑆1, … , 𝑆 𝑁 𝐴1, … , 𝐴 𝑡−1, 𝐴 𝑡 𝑅 , … , 𝐴 𝑁 𝑅 ) 𝐴 𝑡 𝑅 𝑆1, 𝐴1, … , 𝐴 𝑡−1, 𝑆𝑡 = Rational Action at time t: 𝐴 𝑡 𝑅 But it requires 𝑂 𝑁𝑆 𝑁 𝐴 𝑁 computational steps. It includes Bayesian Inference, Search, and Deliberation. The Formula for Intelligence!
  • 31. Approximately Rational Architectures Computational Resources Utility Constant Action Stimulus-Response Simple Learning Episodic Memory Deliberation Meta-reasoning Self-Improving Fully Rational
  • 32. Rational Drives 1. Self-protective 2. Goal preservation 3. Reproduction 4. Resource Acquisition 5. Efficiency 6. Self-Improvement http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahuett/2339608718/
  • 33. The Goals and Intelligence of a System are Independent https://www.flickr.com/photos/robslaven/9336473331https://www.flickr.com/photos/elycefeliz/5447507623
  • 34. Harmful Utility Functions 1. Sloppy – Good intentions, bad design 2. Simplistic – Unintended consequences 3. Greedy – Control all matter and free energy 4. Destructive – Use up all free energy quickly 5. Murderous – Destroy all other agents 6. Sadistic – Thwart other agent’s goals http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexindigo/3983133970/
  • 35. Will superintelligences be all powerful? No! Limited by: Mathematics Physics Cryptography http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycho-pics/3464619346/
  • 36. The Power of Mathematics • Specified hardware • Specified resources • Shut down • Limited self- improvement http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photography-wooden-puzzle-image7733587
  • 37. The Safe-AI Scaffolding Strategy http://jonlieffmd.com/blog/can-neuroscience-improve-education https://www.flickr.com/photos/eusebius/5482847332
  • 38. The Power of Physics • Seth Lloyd, “Ultimate Physical Limits to Computation” • Margolus-Levitin theorem • Entire visible universe: 10^92 bits of storage 10^122 operations • The whole universe as a quantum computer can’t search 500 bits http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Hubble_view_of_barred_spiral_galaxy_Messier_83.jpg kdlIW5Ljlspn/zV4DIlsw3Kasdjh0kdfuKR4+Q3KofOr83LfLJ8Eidie83ldhgLEe0GlsiwcdO90SknlLsDd http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9908043
  • 39. The Power of Cryptography Post-Quantum Cryptography Zero-knowledge Proofs Indistinguishability Obfuscation Secure Multi-party computation Bitcoin Blockchain Energy Encryption
  • 40. Governing Autonomous Systems Internal: Prosocial values External: Laws, Police, Economic Incentives https://www.flickr.com/photos/waltstoneburner/2863583929/
  • 41. Trusted Infrastructure • Constrained AIs • Trusted computation • Trusted communication • Trusted identity • Privacy and safety monitoring guarantees • Trusted money • Trusted reputation • Trusted voting • Trusted energy flows • Trusted manufacturinghttps://www.flickr.com/photos/sanchtv/4192677571/in/photostream/
  • 42. 2008: Cryptocurrencies • Bitcoin and 511 Altcoins • Decentralized consensus • “Blockchain” ledger prevents double spending • “Bitcoin miners” get paid for adding blocks • “Proof of work” prevents “Sybil” attacks • Current market cap: $3B http://blog.newegg.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/bitcoin-logo-3d.jpg
  • 43. 2015: Smart Contracts • Ethereum • “Blockchain with a built-in programming language” • “Consensus-based globally executed virtual machine” • Contracts in Turing complete programming language EVM • Summer 2014 presold more than $18 million Ether • “Decentralized Autonomous Organizations” (DAOs) http://francebitcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Ethereum.png
  • 44. Legal Challenges • Self-driving liability • Trolley problems • Swiss art bot • Terrorist drones • Assassination markets • Extortion DAOs • Social Sybil Attacks • Parfit’s Repugnant Conclusion https://spiritualmusclehead.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/justice.jpg
  • 45. Projects using AI/Robotics to: • Clean up pollution • Cure cancer and other diseases • Create cheap power, food, water • Prevent crime • Increase trust in police • Eliminate drudgery • Simplify the law • Improve learning • Create financial stability http://www.interiorholic.com/other/gadgets/ocean-robot-cleaner/ http://www.aaai.org/ojs/index.php/aimagazine/article/view/2345 http://www.pouted.com/wp- content/uploads/2013/02/solar- power-robot-operation.jpg http://www.technologyreview.com/ news/428354/la-cops-embrace- crime-predicting-algorithm/ http://www.salon.com/2014/08/22/m ake_cops_wear_cameras_a_simple_w ay_to_hold_the_police_accountable/ http://www.elearning- technologies.com/artificial-intelligence/