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Annual Turing Test Challenges

There are presently two major chatterbot contests which utilize the Turing Test as the determinant - the bot which most closely comes to passing (or does pass) the Turing Test is deemed the winner. These two contests, the Loebner Prize ... Read more

Mind Reading Devices Going Mainstream

Some interesting new mind-reading headsets are finding their way to market. The devices relay the electrical signals within the wearer's brain to a computer, which then can use the information to control such things as characters in video games, medical ... Read more

Distributed AI Coming to a Computer Near You

Canadian high-tech startup Intelligence Realm is constructing a distributed virtual brain, one computer at a time. Utilizing a computational model we’ve seen in such projects as SETI@Home, the system will harness the computing power of thousands of machines throughout ... Read more

Bioloid: Highly Configurable Robot

Since being released a couple years ago, the Bioloid hobbyist robot has quickly grown in popularity due to its incredible versatility. Available in several kits of varying complexity, the robot is capable of being programmed and physically configured to ... Read more

AI Yet to Master Boardgame 'Go'

The Chinese game of Go has proven to be a tough challenge to those in the artificial intelligence field. Advanced AI has been developed for many other games, with perhaps the most famous being chess. However, Go is in ... Read more

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Genetic Engineering: The Disney Way

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Humor - General
Wednesday, 08 October 2008 07:19
We've all seen the wonderful creations that have come out of the Disney Genetic Engineering Labs (Genenimagineering as they like to call it). Well, the ONN has an in depth interview with the lead Genenimagineer and he sheds light on exactly how they bring that Disney Magic to genetic engineering.
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The BigDog Beta

Humor - General
Monday, 22 September 2008 19:52
Boston Dynamics had some initial problems when developing their BigDog robot although they were able to overcome them in fairly short order. See if you can spot the logic and balance improvements in the following video of the BigDog vs an early prototype. The progress is really quite amazing.
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Are We Giving Robots Too Much Power?

Humor - General
Sunday, 21 September 2008 08:13
Apparently there is a raging debate whether we humans have given our robot overlords too much power. I personally don't think so but some of the talking heads in Washington believe otherwise
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