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Can “Rascals” Pass The Turing Test?

March 15, 2008

“Passing the Turing test–the holy grail of artificial intelligence (AI), whereby a human conversing with a computer can’t tell it’s not human–may now be possible in a limited way with the world’s fastest supercomputer (IBM’s Blue Gene), according to AI experts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. RPI is aiming to pass AI’s final exam this fall, [...]

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Geek Love – New York Times

March 9, 2008

Adam Rogers, Senior Editor at Wired, has a tribute to Gary Gygax, inventor of Dungeons & Dragons and much of the social structure of Web2, Geek Love – Sunday New York Times. Gorgeous flow chart, too!

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Tim O’Reilly – Static on the Dream Phone

December 15, 2007

Tim O’Reilly comments on Verizon’s latest promise to open its network to all appliances and applications in Static on the Dream Phone – New York Times “THE Internet and the cellphone are on a collision course . . . In the future, the cellphone and similar wireless devices, not the personal computer, will be the [...]

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MIT Technology Review: Robotic Insect Takes Off

August 3, 2007

A life-size, robotic fly has taken flight at Harvard University. Weighing only 60 milligrams, with a wingspan of three centimeters, the tiny robot’s movements are modeled on those of a real fly. While much work remains to be done on the mechanical insect, the researchers say that such small flying machines could one day be [...]

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Viacom vs. YouTube – New York Times

March 18, 2007

Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig assesses Viacom’s chances against Google’s YouTube in a New York Times Op-Ed: The Grokster case thus sent a clear message to lawyers everywhere: You get two bites at the copyright policy-making apple, one in Congress and one in the courts. But in Congress, you need hundreds of votes. In the [...]

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