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Computer programmed to write fables reveals storytelling is, like, really hard
Or, “Notes From a Bitter Human Writer.”
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IBM’s Watson is giving help to business execs
“Watson, what company should I buy?”
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This modder continues to blow away Skyrim’s lackluster artificial intelligence
We’ve written before about how the modder Ether Dynamics is outclassing Skyrim devs by giving foes with one-track-mind AI a broader variety of ways to bring the pain. As he rightly explains, “No one reminisces about the 10 skeletons they killed, because they’ll be just like every other skeleton they
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13-year-old boy AI passes Turing Test, much to the chagrin of actual 13-year-old boys
Alan Turing: check and mate. This past weekend at the 2014 Turing Test in London, a group of judges were fooled into thinking that a chatbot was in fact a 13-year-old boy named Eugene Goostman, proof computers are getting smarter or humans are getting dumber. Experts are hailing the genuinely believ
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This demented MacBook is only happy if you shoot yourself in the head
Update 10/31/14: Hey Reddit! You can read more about this project and the NYU MFA program here. If you like what you see, consider following us on Twitter or Feedly for more stories from the intersection of games, art, and culture. Yesterday, we wrote up NYU Game Center’s student showcase, and one
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Watch Naughty Dog give a fascinating peek into the AI of Ellie
One of the best sessions I attended at GDC this year was on the AI pathfinding of Ellie, everyone’s favorite surrogate daughter from The Last of Us. Admittedly, “AI pathfinding” sounds sedative, but actually proves to be enlightening. It turns out the way Ellie’s movements, shooting abilities, and b
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Microsoft’s robot assistants will follow your every move
Yeah, but does it know how I like my coffee?
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How Ellie’s pathfinding made you love her
Well, that and the horseback scene.
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IBM’s Jeopardy!-playing AI is off to Africa to solve pandemics
Once trained to trounce the best players on the planet at Jeopardy!, IBM’s artificially-intelligent supercomputer Watson is heading to Africa to mine data that could help solve problems like disease and water scarcity. Although IBM has had difficulty marketing Watson outside of cancer centers, it’s
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Watch this talented robot do abstract sketches of your favorite movies
When I watch Annie Hall, I see Woody Allen getting testy with a dilettante who doesn’t like Fellini. But when a computer watches Annie Hall, it sees a series of triangles drawn repetitively on a white sheet of paper. This is just one difference between man and robots. That’s what I took away from vi