Artificial Intelligence News 12 September 2012

Computer, read my lips: Emotion detector developed using a genetic algorithm Phys.Org A computer is being taught to interpret human emotions based on lip pattern, according to research published in the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing. The system could improve the way we interact with computers and ... See all stories on this topic »

We are the creators of artificial life – both now and through the ages The Conversation And we're all familiar with the idea of artificial intelligence. But what about artificial life? What is it, and why should we care? Artificial Life is a recently labelled but truly ancient field in which technology is used to imitate biological life ... See all stories on this topic »

Fujitsu to Participate in Artificial Brain Project, "Can a Robot Pass the ... ITNews Led by NII professor Noriko Arai, Todai Robot was started in 2011 with the aim of once again bringing an integrated approach to research into artificial intelligence (AI), a field that had grown fragmented since 1980, as a way of opening new horizons ... See all stories on this topic »

Tech's New Wave, Driven by Data New York Times “Now is the time,” says Mr. Stonebraker, who is an adjunct professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's computer science and artificial intelligence laboratory. “The economics and the technology are ripe.” The case for optimism is by no ... See all stories on this topic »

Brain Posts: Autism Diagnosis and Artificial Intelligence
By Bill Yates
Wall and colleagues recently published a study using artificial intelligence to develop a shortened interview to diagnose autism. They started with data from a group of children with autism who completed a comprehensive autism diagnostic ...
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The future of Artificial Intelligence – as imagined in 1989 - R-bloggers
By Corey Chivers
This image comes from the cover of Preliminary Papers of the Second International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (1989). Someone abandoned it in the lobby of my building at school. Whatever for, I'll never know. I just love ...
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Artificial Intelligence News 5 Sept 2012

Artificial Intelligence Will Defeat CAPTCHA -- How Will We Prove We're Human ... Forbes But there's no escaping that CAPTCHAs are becoming harder for humans and easier for artificial intelligence programs to solve. For example, an app developer named Andrew Munsell put a post recently about his own frustration with reCAPTCHA, Google's ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

Outside View: Artificial Intelligence Space Daily As reported in The New York Times in 2009, a group of computer scientists from around the world met to discuss whether restrictions should be made on development of Artificial Intelligence. Their worry was that human control over AI could soon be ... See all stories on this topic »

AI surveillance cameras can learn, remember ... and forget GCN.com A few years ago at the FOSE trade show in downtown D.C., I was able to get a look at some neat new technology where artificial intelligence was being added to cameras designed to protect federal installations. Back then the cameras were not too ... See all stories on this topic »

Silicon Valley Startup Resurrects Reagan to Pitch New Tech ADOTAS A new Silicon Valley tech company has reanimated President Ronald Reagan to demonstrate its cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) video software. Seyyer Inc., launched by CEO and founder Behrooz Rezvani, Ph.D, offers users the first customized, ... See all stories on this topic »

Jeopardized and marginalized HeraldNet (blog) I'll take Disgruntled Artificial Intelligence for $400, Alex: Computer giant IBM is looking to create a new version of Watson, the computer that famously defeated two "Jeopardy" champions. Watson 2.0 will be accessible from smartphones. Think Siri but ... See all stories on this topic »

Morality for robots? Phys.Org On the topic of computers, artificial intelligence and robots, Northern Illinois University Professor David Gunkel says science fiction is fast becoming "science fact." Fictional depictions of artificial intelligence have run the gamut from the loyal ... See all stories on this topic »

IBM wants to take Watson mobile, bring its tech to your smartphone TechHive Last year, the world watched in wonder as an enormous artificial intelligence computer, Watson, competed with previous Jeopardy! champions for a few rounds of the popular game show. IBM's computer came away victorious, proving that artificial ... See all stories on this topic »