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Oct 29, 2024 | techxplore.com | Radboud Nijmegen

A pitiful sound from tinny speakers, sad virtual eyes, trembling robot arms: It doesn't take much to feel sorry for a robot. This is the conclusion of a study by Marieke Wieringa, who will be defending her Ph.D. thesis at Radboud University on 5 November. But she warns that our human compassion could also be exploited; just wait until companies find a revenue model for emotional manipulation by robots. Objectively, we know that a robot cannot experience pain.

Sep 30, 2024 | techxplore.com | Radboud Nijmegen

Will AI soon surpass the human brain? If you ask employees at OpenAI, Google DeepMind and other large tech companies, it is inevitable. However, researchers at Radboud University and other institutes show new proof that those claims are overblown and unlikely to ever come to fruition. Their findings are published in Computational Brain & Behavior today.

Sep 16, 2024 | phys.org | Radboud Nijmegen

The murder of George Floyd in 2020 revived the Black Lives Matter movement, a large scale social movement that aims to highlight and reduce structural racism and inequality in the United States. The movement—and its coverage—strongly affected how white Americans thought about Black Americans, shows Ph.D. researcher Max Primbs.

Sep 7, 2024 | scitechdaily.com | Radboud Nijmegen

Green hydrogen offers the potential for reducing emissions but faces challenges like production and transport emissions that can offset CO2 gains, according to research which highlights the importance of evaluating the full life cycle for more effective environmental impact assessments. Green hydrogen often results in CO2 reductions, although this is not always the case.

Sep 7, 2024 | xpresschronicle.com | Radboud Nijmegen

Green hydrogen often results in CO2 reductions, although this is not always the case. Green hydrogen can frequently, though not always, result in CO2 reductions, according to research published in Nature Energy by Kiane de Kleijne of Radboud University and Eindhoven University of Technology. “If you calculate the entire life cycle of green hydrogen production […]Source link