Artificial
I've been going around the web researching A.I. , since the anti-spam project is starting up (ref: 'Term Fin' post). The anti-spam project is actually a misnomer, since its not about anti-spam but starting an AI club in Waterloo to carry out interesting projects (of which anti-spam is one). More info on that later as I'm working on the website for it.
Anywho, I've come across some interesting sites and random stuff.
soo...Artificial Life is an aspect of artificial intelligence..its about creating software creatures that can demonstrate increasing levels of intelligence, evolution, emergence..and possibly life. Obviously there won't be a consensus on this since you need to define life first before you can generate simulations that can be qualified as life. Is life intelligence..creativity..stupidity? And what is life for a computer program.
Keith Wiley from University of New Mexico has an awesome website with all the projects he's carried out creating Artificial Life simulations and interesting essays. In one essay he points out that a programmer of a real ALife program would be like a "God" to it: outside the computer universe, all-powerful, all-knowing...all relative to it ofcourse.
AI Depot is another good site with tons of essays, news, tutorials and resources (some links aren't working though). Their "what is" section on AI is good for beginners and covers the general areas, instead of a standard definition.
All this is basically about finding a human with system (machine+software) symbiosis. And this has an enormous amount of appliations in many fields.
As an example, Scientific American's latest issue has an article on Natural Language Processing called Conversational Computers. Natural language processing has huge implications for Natural User Interfaces; which is the next evolution of human computer interaction that Microsoft and IBM will be trying to monopolize before the other.
Another sub-field of AI is image processing; which is currently being used from detecting targets from autonomous aerial robots (airplanes in other words) and more importantly detecting diseases within a person's body. An excellent example of the latter is my Data Structures and Algorithm's prof Hamid Tizhoosh. He has been working on Medical Imaging along with other areas of image processing/pattern recognition. This requires getting a good image of the inside of a person's body (ultrasound, x-rays can only do so much). This has led researchers to pursue a very unused spectrum of electromagnetism known as the Terahertz range. Its vying for its spot as the "next big thing" along with nanotech, AI, quantum mechanics, genetic engineering and the gizmo-that-ate-all-the-other-gizmos.
With all this..I think I'll sign up for the Cognitive Science Option in my program...
Anywho, I've come across some interesting sites and random stuff.
soo...Artificial Life is an aspect of artificial intelligence..its about creating software creatures that can demonstrate increasing levels of intelligence, evolution, emergence..and possibly life. Obviously there won't be a consensus on this since you need to define life first before you can generate simulations that can be qualified as life. Is life intelligence..creativity..stupidity? And what is life for a computer program.
Keith Wiley from University of New Mexico has an awesome website with all the projects he's carried out creating Artificial Life simulations and interesting essays. In one essay he points out that a programmer of a real ALife program would be like a "God" to it: outside the computer universe, all-powerful, all-knowing...all relative to it ofcourse.
AI Depot is another good site with tons of essays, news, tutorials and resources (some links aren't working though). Their "what is" section on AI is good for beginners and covers the general areas, instead of a standard definition.
All this is basically about finding a human with system (machine+software) symbiosis. And this has an enormous amount of appliations in many fields.
As an example, Scientific American's latest issue has an article on Natural Language Processing called Conversational Computers. Natural language processing has huge implications for Natural User Interfaces; which is the next evolution of human computer interaction that Microsoft and IBM will be trying to monopolize before the other.
Another sub-field of AI is image processing; which is currently being used from detecting targets from autonomous aerial robots (airplanes in other words) and more importantly detecting diseases within a person's body. An excellent example of the latter is my Data Structures and Algorithm's prof Hamid Tizhoosh. He has been working on Medical Imaging along with other areas of image processing/pattern recognition. This requires getting a good image of the inside of a person's body (ultrasound, x-rays can only do so much). This has led researchers to pursue a very unused spectrum of electromagnetism known as the Terahertz range. Its vying for its spot as the "next big thing" along with nanotech, AI, quantum mechanics, genetic engineering and the gizmo-that-ate-all-the-other-gizmos.
With all this..I think I'll sign up for the Cognitive Science Option in my program...
posted by fahd | 8:17 PM
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I haven't actually seen that movie yet...its on my "list"..along with E.T. and Saving Private Ryan.
There's an A.I. society in Pakistan? That's interesting, I don't understand why they would have an age-limit. Its quite counter-productive. In fact, there are so many smart young teens that are hardcore programmers, and they actually end up getting valuable work experience before they even apply for university.
Would you care to elaborate more on your ethical concerns on artificial life? I personally think that we should hold the attitude of 'respect everything' and that everything belongs to the divine. Many ppl would agree to that but the problem is defining how respect works for different interactions. What does it mean to respect a grain of sand, a rock, a tree, a paralyzed person, a dead person or people in different relationships, different age groups, social or family structures etc. And where would new forms of "life" fit into this continuum of "respect". I am using respect broadly, for a lack of a better word to define how society or individuals should interact with these different entities and elements.
...another long pointless comment by me...
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