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more about #artificialintelligence AvenueOfTheStrongest: I have already invented AI. Some criticize my work, they say painting a baby silver doesn't count. But considering I created a robot and they didn't, ... more » Spider Sister: Why not attempt at recreating an infant's mind and somehow implement a way for the machine to write its own operating systems as it grows and learns o... more » Akitsu: Yeah, I did a lot of reading on AI back in the 80's... and was sickened to find most of the books written in the 90's to be exactly the damn same. Gl... more » The Curse of Millhaven: I appreciate that they are not so concerned with the Turing test. The test is great if you are trying to design a human-seeming interface (Fembot, any... more » Andrew Pederson: Wouldn't true AI creation, no matter how basic at first, eventually begin/produce an incomprehendable/limitless advancement of it's own intelligence (... more » ManchuCandidate: AI would not, could not, in a box. AI could not, would not, with a fox. AI will not read it with a mouse. AI could not see it in a house. AI will not ... more » pv1337: Fractals emulate structures in nature. I wouldn't be surprised if whatever algorithms they use, the associative part of the application is constructe... more » FrankenPC: MIT! MIT! MIT! more » lava: This sounds like a good plan, just so long as the children's book it reads and understands are not about post apocalyptic worlds where humans are ensl... more » Jim El: Why are we working towards replacing ourselves with synthetic soulless servants? more » bungz: Romantic comedies will never be the same. "It's Just Not That Into You". "Love, Virtually". "The 40 Terabyte Virgin". "When Harry Met 2v23-m6". more » Perhaps Not: Easy there, Billy Everyteen. [www.hulu.com] more » Anekanta - Go Play!: What's this about saving the adult entertainment industry? That's one industry that I doubt will ever be in jeopardy. more » gorehound: I think it will be a great idea to have sexbots.Why do I think this because it would make some folks who are lonely happier,could help as a marital se... more » John ya ya: Can you say, Cherry 2000? Come ooon it's fun. Try it. more » J_Frank_Parnell: So lonely people will remain lonely because they turn their attention to appliances rather than real human interaction. Not to mention I can see the... more » ManchuCandidate: You all have the metal/plastic fever! more » bluebottle: if you can plug an ipod into it, i'm sold. more » salthegeek: and the fall of man has begun .... more » OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: And how much would these sex-bots cost? I don't want one; its just intellectual curiosity. For a friend. Thats it, a friend of mine is really int... more » -
#artificialintelligence
MIT Goes Back to the Drawing Board on Artificial Intelligence
A new research initiative at MIT intends to revisit some decades-old assumptions about artificial intelligence. It's part of a five-year plan to create an AI program that can comprehend a children's book. More » -
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First-Person Shooters Get Their Own Turing Test
In a twist on the traditional Turing Test, BotPrize asked contestants to program a bot that could play Unreal Tournament 2004 with all the imperfections and trash talk of a real player. See if you can tell human from bot. More » -
#robots
Skeletal Robot Brings Us One Step Closer to Cylons
Where most humanoid robots have human-looking features on the outside but not inside, the Eccerobot team takes a different approach, giving their robot a humanoid skeleton, joints, and tendons so that it can better mimic human movement. More » -
#supermarioskynet
The Bar For AI Gets Lowered
Once upon a time, we hoped for robots that could beat humans at cultured, highbrow games like chess. But as society falters and falls around us, it's another game that we hope our robot overlords will master: Super Mario Bros. More » -
#quoteoftheday
Computers Smarter Than Humans Are Inevitable This Century, Says Sawyer
We're bound to spawn computers smarter than us in the next ninety years or so. So we may as well start hoping they have our best interests at heart, says Wake author Robert J. Sawyer. More » -
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#artificialintelligence
I'm Sorry, I Can't Connect Your Call, Dave
Is the next step in artificial intelligence really being used to answer telephone calls? That's a claim being made by one AI company... and maybe the very reason why we should prepare for oncoming robocalypse. More » -
#bookreview
The Brightest Artificial Minds Are Fragmentary, And Often Female
A new anthology gives some hints at the cutting edge of storytelling about artificial intelligences. We Think Therefore We Are, just out from Daw, includes a number of brilliant concepts amidst mostly lukewarm writing. More » -
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Google's "Suggest" Feature Brings Net One Step Closer to A.I.
You may notice a new feature called "Suggest" when you use Google this week — the search engine will now suggest possible searches you might want to do. So, for example, if you type something like "Invasion of . . . " into the Google search bar, Google will helpfully suggest things like "invasion of privacy" or "invasion of Georgia." The search engine's anticipation of what you want may feel like a crude form of A.I., but it can't figure out truly important things, such as the fact that you were actually searching for "Invasion of the Booby Snatchers." Still, these kinds of search features are making it obvious that A.I. will probably emerge out of services like Google Search that aggregate data and make inferences based on it. More »
