"a delightful futuristic absurdity: a computer program, pretending to be human, hawking a book about computers pretending to be human, while other computer programs pretend to have used copies of it. A book that was never actually written, much less printed and read."

"I know it’s wrong but I really want to see someone do an object persona document for something ridiculous like an alarm clock with a personality of a US Marines drill instructor."

“The gameplay evolved by playing it multiplayer over the network. This is the best way of designing games and should be done more often, rather than hacking multiplayer in as an afterthought.”

mesmerising: Javascript ai playing 8 games of tetris at once.

"Deep Blue didn't work out its strategy like a human player: it exploited its computational speed to explore millions of alternative series of moves and responses before deciding an optimum move. Likewise, machines may make scientific discoveries that have eluded unaided human brains - but by testing out millions of possibilities rather than via a theory or strategy."

Fantastic collection of AI bugs.

MMO gameplay based on earning things for everyone rather than just yourself. I wonder if it credits players with finds? Could be interesting.

Definitely interested in Ubicomp :)

A nice look at the difference between AI and simulated intelligence. Games often use the latter, and perform better for it.

"The key idea of cognitive computing is to engineer mind-like intelligent machines by reverse engineering the structure, dynamics, function and behaviour of the brain." More like it.

Networked Darth Vader helms apparently compose music. Youtube links in comments.

This is strange. Increasingly, parts of people's personalities are being replaced by automation and copy-pasted stuff. Efficient and natural expression are at odds. The former amplifies, the latter is a privilege. Many don't seem to realise how charmless amplified comms can be.

True Knowledge doesn't just give literal answers, IT CAN MAKE INFERENCES

"People who've suffered damage to the frontal area of the brain, for instance, may exhibit a flat, emotionless affect; they are as dispassionate about their own predicament as they are about the problems of people around them."

Performance and games

AI links kept by masters students; excellent.

convincing body language

Another shard of AI

Who is Burton Mackenzie and why haven't I heard of him before now?

Head of Feelix Growing, a reasearch project on emotional robots.