In what could prove to be one of the most important moves ever made by
humanity, scientists have taught our soon-to-be-robot-overlords not to stab
us.
Cornell University engineers have modified an assembly line
machine and taught it to scan items at a check out.
But rather than have
it flailing around with knives and frozen baguettes they have used a clever for
of algorithmic learning to teach it the best trajectory for scanning a
potentially dangerous item in the presence of people.
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