Monthly Archives: November 2011

Turing’s Chatterbots & Weak AI

November 28, 2011
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Turing’s Chatterbots & Weak AI

Turing’s approach to a triggered a series of “chatterbots,” programs which were designed to interact with humans in a realistic way. Natural language processing was difficult for AI researchers to solve due to the huge difference in the way humans and machines process language. We learn through interaction with other people and the environment and…

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A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence

November 27, 2011
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A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence has had a rocky history. In 1956 Herb Simon, one of the discipline’s four founders, claimed “Within 20 years, computers will be able to do anything a man can do.” Yet many of the things we think of when we think of true artificial intelligence – such as understanding nuanced language, solving novel…

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Machine = Tool; Man = Author?

November 25, 2011
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Machine = Tool; Man = Author?

The law tends to struggle as different technologies are introduced, but usually just tweaks the existing system, spins off some justification and calls it good. Many of the same issues bubbling up due to creative AI machines were addressed in 1884, when the Supreme Court upheld the power of Congress to extend copyright to photography.…

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Color Trademarks

November 20, 2011
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“The color Yellow is a registered trademark of The Wiffle Ball, Inc.” may stop other companies from manufacturing yellow bats, but could not stop Crayola from manufacturing yellow crayons. Trademarks attach to distinctive signs used to indicate the unique branding source of products. Usually trademarks are logos, images, or catch-phrases associated with a brand or…

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