ai-one has added Thomas Aebischer and his firm ATeBe Informatik to its network of Consulting Partners. ATeBe Informatik will provide IT consulting.
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Remember how IBM’s Watson computer defeated human contestants? Much of Leslie Valiant’s research in the 1980s was critical for the development of computers like this. Valiant has received the 2010 A.M. Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery.
In short, you have to follow this principles to increase your intelligence:
Read in article “You can increase your intelligence: 5 ways to maximize your cognitive potential” (Scientific American), why and how following these rules will help you perform at your peak cognitive abilities.
The latest modell of Kokoro is the first Geminoid outside Japan. The Geminoid is modeled after Danish Professor Henrik Scharfe. Henrik Scharfe intends to investigate with the help of the robot “emotional affordances in human-robot interaction, the novel notion of blended presence, as well as cultural differences (from different continents) in the perception of robots”.
Now what about the uncanny valley, that is the effect that when robots look too realistic, more human-like, they end up looking more creepy? Head over to the article (IEEE Spectrum) with plenty of video footage and see for yourself.
ai-one has added cube2success GmbH to its network of Consulting Partners. Cube2success will provide ai-one semantic technology and consulting services.
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David Hanson is the founder and CEO of Hanson Robotics. He builds human-like robots with conversational abilities and realistic facial expressions. Read about his latest software version, that has “features enabling common sense reasoning and learning”. The article (IEEE Spectrum) also features several videos.
Soon robots will be able to learn, solve problems without human interaction. They will have RoboEarth, a World Wide Web for robots. RoboEarth will allow the robots to share knowledge and communicate with each other. Watch the video (youtube) or read the BBC article “Robots to get their own internet“.
Brian Christian “sat” in 2009 the Turing Test (administered at the Loebner Prize competition) as a human. The Turing Test tests a machine’s ability to act (or think) like a human and all the contestants, be it human or machine are then ranked. Brian Christian was awarded the “Most Human Human”. Read about his Turing Test experience in his article “Mind vs. Machine” (theatlantic.com).
Neuroscientist Michael Merzenich talks about the plasticity of the brain. That is its ability of the brain to re-wire itself. Watch the video (ted.com).
Remember IBM’s Watson? In Janury IBM brought in top Jeopardy contestants for a short demonstration match with Watson - and Watson won. The actual Watson against human tournament will be mid February (via theregister.co.uk)
