Re: A geewhiz article about AI in the NYTimes...

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: What I love about these articles is when journalists use phrases like : "scientists say that...", as if scientists are members of a little : club of people that regularly gets together to make unified : pronouncements about things. : On 7/18/06, DEMO Lab's WWWBoard MSG 3080 <demoboard@cs.brandeis.edu> wrote: : > Posted by Shivakumar Viswanathan (shiva@cs.brandeis.edu) on July 18, 2006 at : > 07:42:30. : > : > : > : > ...though without a single word about ALife, EC or : > bottom-up AI :( : > : > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : > Brainy Robots Start Stepping Into Daily Life : > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : > "Robot cars drive themselves across the desert, electronic eyes perform : > lifeguard duty in swimming pools and virtual enemies with humanlike : > behavior battle video game players. : > : > These are some fruits of the research field known as artificial : > intelligence, where reality is finally catching up to the science-fiction : > hype. A half-century after the term was coined, both scientists and : > engineers say they are making rapid progress in simulating the human : > brain, and their work is finding its way into a new wave of real-world : > products...." : > : > : > : > : > : > :shiva : > : > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/18/technology/18brain.html?hp&ex=1153281600&en=c : > b70ee5fcde95dea&ei=5094&partner=homepage : > : > -------------------------------------------------------- : > : > To post a followup either reply to this message (and it will be automatically : > posted for you, or go to : > http://www.demo.cs.brandeis.edu/Private/DEMO_board/messages/3080.html#postfp : >

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