During the last day of the conference Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, California, the technology director of Intel, Justin Rattner, presented his vision for the future machines. Among other things, commented that Intel researches and develops interfaces between humans and machines, and has already made great advances in their research, which could result in the gap between humans and computers to disappear by the year 2050.
“The industry has made great progress, unimaginable 40 years ago. There is speculation that we approach the turning point that technological development will accelerate exponentially, and that machines will exceed human beings in their ability to reason, in not a distant future, “said Rattner.
Currently, robots are mainly used in production environments, but in future will be an integral part of everyday life, even at home. To make this vision a reality it is necessary that the robots become more dynamic and that can operate in environments not so organized and predictable, such as factories.
The technological director of Intel showed 2 different robots, developed in Intel’s Scientific Laboratories. One of them is equipped with an arm and a technique that allows you to recognize and “feel” an object, with only touching it. The technique is used by fish and is based on electrical impulses. The other robot is a mobile unit that can recognize faces, and identify and implement simple instructions, like putting different things in order.
As an example of the future interaction between humans and machines, Rattner introduced Emotive Systems COPD headsets, which can identify and read the fields of energy of brain in real time, and turn them into commands on a computer application. Currently, COPD is able to read 30 different patterns through its embedded 16 sensors.
