Industrial system Physics

Computers crack jokes in unusual artificial intelligence test

Submitted by Jean Vieille on Thu, 2009/05/21 - 07:34
Author: 
Raphael G. Satter, Associated Press

READING, England — Computers argued, cracked jokes and parried trick questions, all part of an annual test of artificial intelligence carried out at the University of Reading.
Typing away at split-screen terminals Sunday, a dozen volunteers carried out two conversations at once: one with a chat program, the other with a human. After five minutes, they were asked to say which was which. Some were not sure who — or what — they were talking to.
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Web links: 
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2008-10-13-computer-joke_N.htm?csp=34

Robots get science lesson

Submitted by Jean Vieille on Tue, 2009/04/07 - 16:56
Author: 
(Intech article)

Using the digital mind that guides their self-repairing robot, there is now a computer program that uses raw observational data to figure out fundamental physical laws.

A new algorithm can distill fundamental natural laws from mere observations of a swinging double pendulum and other simple systems.

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InTech article

Quantum holographic storage: It works

Submitted by Jean Vieille on Sat, 2009/03/14 - 07:44
Author: 
Robin Harris

Feat shatters long-held assumptions about the information limits of matter.

Web links: 
http://www.zdnetasia.com/techguide/storage/0,39045058,62051546,00.htm?scid=nl_z_...
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