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A slew of major announcements from OpenAI and Google last week has us on the brink of human-like AI assistants. Is AI really getting smarter, or has the technology plateaued? Dr Michael Pound Computer Science, Uni of Nottingham joins @France24 to tackle this question.ow.ly/Tjzt50RMYFk

The Project Team Sarah Whatley and Dr Kate Marsh C-DaRE Steve Benford Praminda Caleb-Solly Feng Zhou, Paul Tennent Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN Rachael Garrett and artists associated with Candoco Dance Co Photography: Patrick Brundell Dancer: Welly O’Brien

Recorded this EP with my AI musical partner Leoric. Chat GPT said “Their music combines the organic warmth of folk with the expansive textures of electronic music, resulting in a genre-defying sound.” And it didn't even listen :-) What do you think?. saorga.bandcamp.com

📢Kicks off in just a week "AI, Music and the Human Spirit"🎶Immerse yourself in inspiring keynote speeches and engaging conversations with FERNANDO GARIBAY Ali Hossaini and Steve Benford on June 12th, 1-5pm The Royal Society #London Book your free spot now- eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-music-and…

Humanoid Robots - Are we finally on the crux of a breakthrough? Steve Benford and Praminda Caleb-Solly discuss the realities and possibilities in The Conversation Computer Science, Uni of Nottingham Horizon @MakerCobot ow.ly/RiF150SSb0l

Do we need humanoid robots? Check out this article in The Conversation by myself and Praminda Caleb-Solly. theconversation.com/elon-musks-tes… UKRI TAS Hub Responsible Ai UK

Public lecture on October 17th - all welome!

Three new Assistant/Associate Professor posts at Nottingham in Somabotics: Creatively Embodying AI jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

Three postdoc positions across soft robotics, creative AI, artist-led HCI and body-focused HCI at Nottingham as part of our new five-year UKRI-funded programme on Somabotics: Creatively Embodying AI. jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

Major Congrats Steve Benford ! - FYI he's advertising 3 assist/assoc profs, 3 postdocs & 3 phd studentships to work with him in the Mixed Reality Lab at Computer Science, Uni of Nottingham - jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r… - jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r… - jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

I'm thrilled to have been awarded a UKRI Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellowship ro explore "Somabotics: Creativeky Embodying AI" over the coming five years. nottingham.ac.uk/news/world-lea…

Stuck for something to watch on TV tonight? Tune into Notts TV at 6/6.15pm to hear Steve Benford talk about his UK Research and Innovation Turing #AI World-Leading Researcher Fellowship 'Somabotics: Creatively Embodying AI' Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN Computer Science, Uni of Nottingham Uni of Nottingham Press Office

Our paper on how artists improvise and provoke robotics from the International Conference on Social Robotics. We’re reflecting on the distinctive role of artists in previous projects as preparation for new artistic collaborations in Somabotics: Creatively Embodying AI . lnkd.in/eG7bxNuG

Honoured to give this joint lecture with Bob Sturm of KTH, Sweden on AI folk music at the University of Limerick’s World Academy of Irish Music and Dance youtu.be/0p3-bvTZtLI?si… Somabotics: Creatively Embodying AI

From strawberry-picking robots to safety-enhancing drones, 20th November will be a day to remember. 👏 What is UKRI AIR24? The event will take 8 AI & Robotics startups and give them the chance to pitch their idea to investors. Sign up here: lu.ma/wpyuaeb5

⭐️ New #OpenAccess #Research ⭐️ Benford, S., McGarry, G., Hazzard, A., Chamberlain, A., Gibson, R., & Martinez Avila, J. P. (2024). Augmenting musical instruments with digital identities. Journal of New Music Research tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #Design #Guitars #HCI #Relics #Music

We are delighted to be part of this exciting new #creative project and playful performance installation led by #artists Lancel/Maat Mixed Reality Lab Computer Science, Uni of Nottingham Steve Benford Mondriaan Fonds Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research Dr Richard Ramchurn Intelligent Systems University of Exeter Andriana Boudouraki

Encountering HuggieBot at with artists Karen Lancel and Hermen Maat and Dr. Alexis E. Block who created it during her PhD research. Alexis tells me that hugs should last least twenty seconds. Luckily, HuggieBot is a very patient hugger. Somabotics: Creatively Embodying AI

Really enjoyed the Second UK AI Conference at Birmingham last week. Some neat talks and posters too and a chance to present Cat Royale to an AI crowd. Wonder what they made of it? Somabotics: Creatively Embodying AI

Thanks to @InstrumentsLab for inviting us to give a seminar at Imperial. We're looking forward to working with you on Somabotics: Creatively Embodying AI !