I wonder if this is the only article she'll write on the conference? Perhaps she'll release other posts on other bits and pieces of research she liked there...
I tend to agree with John Laird's comments about Selmer's Eddie avatar: *** John Laird, a researcher in computer games and Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is not overly impressed. "It's not that challenging to get an AI system to do theory of mind," he says. He points out that last year, Cynthia Breazeal of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab programmed that ability into a physical robot called Leonardo. A video shows the robot passing the test. More impressive demonstration, says Laird, would be a character, initially unable to pass the test, that learned how to do so – just as humans do. *** What Selmer's team did was a pretty straightforward bit of logic programming, IMO ... and it really didn't benefit from the virtual embodiment at all.... Not that I'm calling it trivial or stupid or anything ... it's a reasonably nice piece of work... but I really doubt these simple logical rules encapsulate anything remotely resembling a human child's "theory of mind." -- Ben -- Ben On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 9:45 PM, J Storrs Hall, PhD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Many of us there met Celeste Biever, the NS correspondent. Her piece is now > up: > > http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn13446-virtual-child-passes-mental-milestone-.html > > Josh > > ------------------------------------------- > agi > Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms." -- Henry Miller ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=95818715-a78a9b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
