[artificial-intelligence] Forum Topics

A rather interesting [URL="http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206903246"]article in the EETimes[/URL] suggests that the holy grail of artificial intelligence, the ability to pass the Turing Test, may become a reality later this year courtesy of a collaboration between IBM and the [URL="http://www.rpi.edu/"]Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute[/URL]. The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test"]Turing Test[/URL] was first described by Alan Turing back …

I can recall having great fun talking with ELIZA more than a decade ago. Fun yes, serious AI no. It didn’t take long to get bored with the repetitive question and answer looping even if it was wrapped up in the guise of being intelligent machine driven conversation: an oxymoron …

Early in September, NASA implemented new software controls on the Hubble Space Telescope, allowing it to shut down one of the three remaining gyroscopes, reserving the third gyroscope for later use. By doing this, scientists hope to extend the Hubble's mission through mid-2008. Gyroscopes are rotating mechanisms that remain fixated …