09/06/98
- 20 Questions.
A guest article contributed by Tanis Stoliar, wife of the developer
of 20Q, a very well done AI-based version of this classic guessing
game.
08/02/98
- Intelligent Machine Post: Potpourri.
The joke's on Sir James?
07/19/98
- Intelligent Machine Post: Potpourri.
Dogbots, Deep Crack, and fonix.
07/12/98
- Intelligent Machine Post: Taking Stock of AI Companies.
AI (and robotics) will be the next darling of Wall Street. Here are
some examples of the sort of company to watch.
07/05/98
- Emotional Machines.
A review of Dr. Rosalind Picard's Affective Computing (1997,
MIT Press).
06/28/98
- AI and the Notion of Progress (Part 3): Through the Wall.
Last of a 3-part series examining the notion of evolutionary progress
in the context of AI. I conclude that AI is the loophole through which
we can progress to the next stage in evolution.
06/21/98
- AI and the Notion of Progress (Part 2): Full House.
Second of a 3-part series examining the notion of evolutionary progress
in the context of AI. This part examines Stephen J. Gould's anti-progress
argument.
06/14/98
- AI and the Notion of Progress (Part 1): The Extended Phenotype.
First of a 3-part series examining the notion of evolutionary progress
in the context of AI. This part summarizes Richard Dawkins' theory of the
extended phenotype.
06/07/98
- Analog Robots.
They may be brainless right now, but wait until they acquire analog
VLSI neural chips.
05/31/98
- Analog Computing.
Is analog computing of any use in AI? Yes, and it may possibly be essential.
05/24/98
- Review of L&H Voice Xpress (Part 2).
Part 2 of a 2-part review of Lernout & Hauspie's new automatic
speech recognition (ASR) software, covering the operation and performance
of the program..
05/17/98
- Review of L&H Voice Xpress (Part 1).
Part 1 of a 2-part review of Lernout & Hauspie's new automatic
speech recognition (ASR) software, covering mainly the installation and
setup of the program.
04/26/98
- The End of Work?
Do AI-driven machines portend the end of work? Not necessarily.
04/19/98
- Intelligent Machine Post and EEEK!
Political campaign staffs, packaging trappers, and Web guides. Endangered
species, all.
04/12/98
- Microsoft: Let customers decide future!
A likely story. Microsoft dominance threatens innovation in AI.
04/05/98
- Intelligent Machine Post and EEEK!
Find out who'll be out of a job next!
03/22/98
- Neuroshell Easy: A Review.
Easy-to-use genral-purpose neural net software for predicting and classifying
data.
03/15/98
- Intelligent Machine Post and EEEK!
More AI-driven applications making it in the
trenches of the real world, and more jobs put at risk thereby.
03/08/98
- Intelligent Machine Post: EEEK!
Introducing Ellis's Endangered Employment
Katalog, which lists jobs put at risk by the artificial intelligences
reported on in IMP.
03/01/98
- Crystal Balls 3: Coming in 30 Years to a
Theatre as Near as You Think
Thirty years from now, immortal, superhuman cyborgs
and androids may rule medicine, if not the world. Maybe.
02/22/98
- Crystal Balls 2: Why Forecasting is Important
Failure to look to the future in a time of rapidly accelerating technological
change is a recipe for disaster. Be prepared for, not surprised by, what
AI has in store in the next three decades.
02/15/98
- Crystal Balls 1: Forecasting the Future
An overview of the field of Future Studies.
02/07/98
- Intelligent Machine Post: Smart Homes
A brief update on the status of intelligent houses.
02/01/98
- Intelligent Machine Post: Sniffers and Snuffers
ChemTech's LIDAR, the US Army's robosentries, and bad beer.
01/18/98
- Intelligent Machine Post
The world's first newsletter for machines!
01/18/98
- Machine Translation, SystranPRO, and Localization
A review of SystranPRO (Japanese/English module), in the context of
machine translation and "localization" in general.
01/11/98
- More on Mind
Neuroimaging, bugs, and how God plays dice.
01/04/98
- Machine Translation of Foreign Languages
Systran Software takes us a great leap forward to the Holy Grail of
software that will enable us to Speak (and Hear) in Tongues.
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