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Will a robot someday steal your job? Day by day, the machines are getting smarter and more efficient than people. Employers find it more practical to use them because their basic AI (artificial intelligence) is substantially doing tasks that a person used to do. A computer program usually does the job faster, more accurately, for less money, and without any health insurance costs. They don't charge for overtime nor ask for paid leaves. A recent Oxford University study compared the tasks of nearly a thousand jobs to the predicted future ability of robotic technologies, specifically in the fields of "Machine Learning" and "Machine Robotics". Using a methodology called Gaussian process, the Oxford researchers measured the "probability of computerization" of various professions and found out that robots have the potential to substitute for human brains and hands. Administrative, clerical and production workers might be the first to be replaced ...

POLICE authorities are leading an unusual investigation after a robot killed a contractor at a Volkswagen production plant in western Germany on Monday. According to Inquirer.net , VW spokesman Heiko Hillwig said that the 22-year-old worker was part of a team that was setting up the stationary robot when it grabbed and crushed him against a metal plate, at the VW plant in Baunatal, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Frankfurt. He said initial conclusions indicate that human error was to blame, rather than a problem with the robot, which can be programmed to perform various tasks in the assembly process. He said it normally operates within a confined area at the plant, grabbing auto parts and manipulating them. Another contractor was present when the incident occurred, but wasn’t harmed, Hillwig said. He declined to give any more details about the case, citing an ongoing investigation. First of its kind According to prosecutors, the accident is the first of its kin...

The 'Transformers: Age Of Extinction’ movie trailer was released just a few days ago, the Autobots pitted against an army of Dinobots! The Dinobots are here! The full-length trailer shows a fearsome dinobot going head-to-head with Optimus Prime in the fourth installment of the Transformers series starring Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor and Stanley Tucci. Directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg, the movie tells of a mechanic and his daughter discovering an old, rusty Autobot which will soon come back to life to battle a herd of dinobots led by Grimlock. This is the first film in the series to feature an entirely new cast and the first to feature the Dinobots. Returning Transformers include Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Ratchet. The film is set for release on June 27, 2014, in 3D.

The upcoming sci-fi action movie “Pacific Rim” just released a teaser photo - featuring Manila - from an anticipated new trailer of Guillermo del Toro's robot-adventure film. The Warner Bros. photo which shows a screen-grab from a news flash, reporting that a kai kaiju (sea monster) wreaks havoc in Manila and leaves a pile contaminating the city. Scroll down for video. Pacific Rim is directed by Guillermo del Toro from a screenplay by Travis Beacham and del Toro. The film is set in a near future where soldiers piloting giant robots -- called "jaegers" controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge -- battle against invading giant monsters (kai-kaiju) who have mysteriously risen from beneath the ocean. Del Toro has said the film will be "a beautiful poem to giant monsters". Del Toro, an Oscar nominee for “Pan’s Labyrinth,” directed the film, which stars Charlie Hunnam of TV’s “Sons of Anarchy," Ron ...