Artificial Intelligence

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Zach Puchtel | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Cyborgs, Artificial Intelligence Robots, Human Romance Robots, Online Dating, Technology AI, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Cyborgs, Culture News
Zach Puchtel

If you're having trouble deciphering the title of this blog, you may want to freshen up your online lingo. Grammar as we once knew it is being replaced by acronyms, a far cry from the origins of online communication. What's next? You guessed it, cyborg relationships.

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2001: A Space Odyssey: Art vs. 2012 Reality

David H. Bailey | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Siri, 2001 a Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick, Voice Recognition, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Movies, Artificial Intelligence, Tablets, Science News
David H. Bailey

What is missing is a sales pitch -- like the arms race but ideally less grim -- that made possible the Apollo program. Time will tell when and how the 2001 vision will be realized, and if it will be human or robotic. In the meantime, we all can dream.

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Imaginary Places

Lindsay Edmunds | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Mind Uploading, The Social Network, Second Life, Artificial Intelligence, Transcendence, Heaven, Apocalyptic AI, Mind Fire, Science Fiction, Books News
Lindsay Edmunds

Living on the Internet is one of the thousand-mile-high ideas explored by Robert M. Geraci in his book Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality.

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How Siri and One Accessory Could Revolutionize the iPhone

Will Shanklin | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Iphone, Future, Siri, Iphone 4s, Apple, Concept, Wearable Computers, Bluetooth, Apple Iphone, Artificial Intelligence, Technology News
Will Shanklin

Multitouch displays provide the simplest, most human way to use a computer right now. Ten years from now, there could be a better way.

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Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: Virtual Humans In The Wild Wild West

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Virtual Humans, Science, Video, Adaptive Technology, Cara Santa Maria, Usc, Computer Science, Talk Nerdy to Me, Artificial Intelligence, Institute for Creative Technologies, Science News

Have you ever had a conversation with a computer that wasn't one-sided? Virtual humans are the newest attempt to cross the uncanny valley and present ...

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Video Games And The Soul Of The Machine

Greg Perreault | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Mass Effect, Soul, Xenoblade, Gaming, Religion and Video Games, Spiritual Development, Spirit, Artificial Intelligence, Religion News
Greg Perreault

Since "Frankenstein," our culture has been in conversation about whether we can create something with a soul. Two recent video games narratives have fed into this conversation and their contributions to it are worthy of examination.

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Rewiring Humanity: How Our Minds Have Been Reinvented by the Internet

Russell C. Smith | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Laptops, Internet, The Singularity, Time Travel, Inventions, Technological Advances, Smartphones, Artificial Intelligence, Technology News
Russell C. Smith

Technology is advancing at such a rapid rate that it will eventually surpass the human mind's ability to keep up with the myriad accelerations one now adjusts to, often on a weekly basis.

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Neuroethics: Whose Mind Is It Anyway?

Matthew D. Erlich, M.D. | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Neurotech, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Transhumanism, Ray Kurzweil, Neurotechnology, Neuromarketing, Neuroethics, Artificial Intelligence, Brain Science, Science News
Matthew D. Erlich, M.D.

Reading a person's thoughts, implanting machinery into man, and augmenting our neural processing powers with cognitive enhancers are all matters of neuroethics. They bring us face to face with questions about who has access to powerful new technologies and for what purposes.

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WATCH: Creepy Robot Has Human-Like 'Bones, Joints, Tendons'

Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Eccerobot, Video, Cognitive Science, Robotics, Anthropomimetic, Slidepollajax, Robots, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Science News

We may not be able to build a human-like replicant just yet, but robotics engineers have managed to create a machine man that's far more realistic tha...

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New Generation of A.I. Robots Could Think Like Humans

Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Smart Technology, Video, Metacognition, Alan Turing, Computers, Innovation, Machines, Technology, Turing Test, Robots, Artificial Intelligence, Science News

By: Charles Q. Choi, InnovationNewsDaily Contributor Published: 04/12/2012 05:25 PM EDT on InnovationNewsDaily Interest is now reviving in artif...

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Are Computers Playing Games With Us?

David H. Bailey | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Computer Gaming, Computer Games, Computer Game Intelligence, Gaming, Computer Games History, Computer-Intelligence, Computer Game Technology, Computers, Artificial Intelligence, Science News
David H. Bailey

Games are as old as human society. But as with all other parts of society, games and gaming are being profoundly changed by the computing and communication revolution.

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Neurotechnology: Science Fiction or Applied Science?

Matthew D. Erlich, M.D. | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Psychiatry, Brain Science, Psychology, Brain Scan, Applied Science, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Brain Imaging, Neuropsychology, Neurotechnology, Neurology, Science Fiction, Artificial Intelligence, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Science News
Matthew D. Erlich, M.D.

As science makes a reality of what has been science fiction, we will face questions of how to best apply neurotechnologies. Should they be limited to helping those who have illnesses? Or should they bolster the performance of a wartime soldier, enable a C student to get As, or supercharge CEOs?

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Virtual Expectations And Disorientation In Afghanistan

Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Afghanistan, Monsters of the Id, John Hansard Gallery, David Cotterrell, New Media, Technology, UK Arts, Artificial Intelligence, Cotterrell Monsters of the Id, Arts News

David Cotterrell works with video, audio, artificial intelligence and interactive media to test the expectations that humans establish as observers, c...

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WATCH: Could Robot 'Apocalypse' Wipe Out Humans?

Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Dystopia, Matrix, Grey Goo, Doomsday, Terminator, Singularity, Science Fiction, Robots, Ai, Robot Apocalypse, Skynet, End of the World, Artificial Intelligence, Video, Science News

By: Adam Hadhazy, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor Published: 02/24/2012 12:48 PM EST on Lifes Little Mysteries In this weekly series, Life's...

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Artificial Brains: Not in This Century

Mark Changizi, Ph.D. | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Artificial Brain, Singularity, Artificial Intelligence, Blue Brain, Science News
Mark Changizi, Ph.D.

Building artificial brains may be a part of our future -- though I'm not convinced -- but for the foreseeable, century-scale future, I see only fizzle.

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How America Is Dumbing Down the Next Generation

Jacqueline Leo | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Smart Home, Smartphones, Robotics, Smart Car, Smarter Ideas, Artificial Intelligence, Technology News
Jacqueline Leo

My house and my car are getting smarter. After replacing a furnace, a water heater, a dishwasher, a car, and a coffee maker, I would give my house a B- on an IQ test. The problem is, the smarter our houses become, the more incompetent we become -- with impunity.

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Strandbeest On The Loose!

Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Strandbeests, Video, Theo Jansen, Art Meets Science, Kinetic Sculpture, Sand Animals, Beach Animals, Burning Man, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Life, Jansen Engineer, Arts News

You thought you'd seen it all. And then the Strandbeests come along... What is a Strandbeest you ask? A Strandbeest is a kinetic creature that live...

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The Robot with the Dragon Tattoo

Ken Goldberg | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Robotics, Robots, Artificial Intelligence, Science News
Ken Goldberg

Why should Facebook be limited to those with human faces? It's possible we'll soon see "Interface-book," where our robots will also stay up late making friends and exchanging data.

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Would You Leave Your Spouse For A Sex Doll?

Vicki Larson | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Marriage, Roxxxy, Divorce, Sexbots, Sex, Fembot, Robots, Love, Artificial Intelligence, Divorce News
Vicki Larson

What could be more fraught with legal dilemmas than a love triangle among a married couple and a sexbot?

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The Rise Of The Intelligent Machine

Lynne Davidson | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Singularity, th_nk, Singularity Summit 2011, New Intelligence, Watson Computer, Artificial Intelligence, Cleverbot, Technology News
Lynne Davidson

This year things changed. This year people spoke about things that have actually happened. Things, which just a short while ago, were the stuff of speculation and science fiction. It looks like we will look back at 2011 as the year when the Singularity actually began.

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A New Creative Industry: Your Digital Identity as a Star

David Nordfors | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Data Mining, Artificial Intelligence, Social Networks Identity, Virtual Identity Cloning, Virtual Identity, Online Identity Data, Online Identity, Virutal Cloning, Digital Identity, Digital Cloning, Technology News
David Nordfors

As kids we all liked when story characters jumped out of the books and started moving around in the world of real people. Here is how it can be done.

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The Rise of Artificial Intelligence Personal Assistant

Grégory Roekens | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Siri, Personal Assistant, Iphone 5, Artificial Intelligence, UK Tech, Personal Technology, Apple, Technology, Technology News
Grégory Roekens

Soon each and every one of us will have a PA, even PAs themselves. Artificial Intelligence Assistants are at last making a proper entrance.

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As Computers Get Smart, We're Getting Dumb

Stephen Baker | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Politics, Sentencing Guidelines, Intelligence, Brain, Artificial Intelligence, Rules, Artificial-Intelligence-Test, Human Computer, IBM Watson, Computer Science, Computer Humans, Technology News
Stephen Baker

Rules are dumb. We all know it. Each of us has a magnificent brain, the most intricately engineered known artifact in the universe, and yet in a world of rules, we're not trusted to exercise our judgment.

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Farewell to Oblivion. Hello, Virtual Me.

David Nordfors | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Data Mining, Facebook Timeline, Facebook, Artificial Intelligence, Dating, Family, Technology News
David Nordfors

Bid farewell to oblivion, to be gone and forgotten before long. Prepare to say hello to your virtual self, who will be coming instead.

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How 'Watson' Could Help Health Care

Janet Dillione | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Nuance, Ibm, Patient Care, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Technology, Healthy Living Body, Health Care, Jeopardy IBM, Artificial Intelligence Health Care, Watson Jeopardy, Healthy Living News
Janet Dillione

The prospects for advanced computing in health care are undeniable, and behind the scenes, Watson is in clinical boot camp getting prepared to participate in one of the most important jobs there is -- taking care of patients and saving lives.

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