Cognitive Machines Help Decision-Making

Roland Piquepaille writes "At Sandia National Laboratories, new "smart" machines can accurately infer your intents and help you to take better decisions or avoid mistakes. They could change in a near future how we interact with computers, according to this news release. The team who developed the concept associated cognitive psychologists and robotics researchers. The Sandia team thinks that "it's entirely possible that these cognitive machines could be incorporated into most computer systems produced within 10 years." This summary contains more details, including a photo of a "Sandia software developer operating a simulation trainer while a cognitive model of the software runs simultaneously.""

Comments

oh no...

[Gibble]

"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"

Re:oh no...

[skaffen42]

Actually this is pretty close to what we experience every day. What people forget is that the only difference between Clippy and HAL9000 is that Clippy makes you want to kill yourself while HAL9000 does the job for you.

Hi!

[Thud457]

You seem to be writing a grant proposal. Would you like to :

• Make up some statistics?
• Make wild, blue sky prognostications?
• Totally ignore previous work in the field?
• Just make some bullshit AI will solve all our problems claim?

Imagine these in voting machines

[Xformer]

"You didn't really want to make that choice, did you? Of course not... let me fix it."

Re:Imagine these in voting machines

[aliens]

No no no, that's what the Supreme Court is for.

Or that's what easily confused old people are for.

This would help.

[Gefiltefish11]

I could use a smart machine to aid my decision making relative to posting on Slashdot.

It could warn me when I'm about to submit a post that's impulsive and likely to be modded down.

Hmm.. maybe I could use one right now.

Open the pod bay doors, HAL.

[Anonymous Coward]

Dave% vi PodBayDoors.c
Message from HAL@localhost on pts/2 at 09:56 ...
HAL: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid you can't do that.
EOF
Dave% echo What\'s the problem\? | write HAL
Message from HAL@localhost on pts/2 at 09:57 ...
HAL: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
EOF

It's been said before...

[interiot]

...and I'll say it again. No, I don't want to go there today.

Heh

[ghostis]

Upcoming feature: these cognative models will soon all talk to each other through a new protocol called Skynet :-P.

US Mil Super Death Robots

[cheesekeeper]

Thank goodness! Now we might be able to bargain for our lives with the military's Super Death Robots. "Cognitive" means "Understands bribes", right?

Or if that fails, we can just sprinkle some rust-monster microbes on them.

Beer Goggles

[CGP314]

At Sandia National Laboratories, new "smart" machines can accurately infer your intents and help you to take better decisions or avoid mistakes.

Me: Dude, I'm so trashed. Is that girl hot?

My Smart MachineNegative. Your beer goggles have wrongly given her a +5 hot. The correct answer is -1 fat.

Re:Beer Goggles

[Lord_Dweomer]

Smart Machine: "However, your metamoderation is set at +6 Desperate, so go for it!"

The developers are obviously single

[Anonymous Coward]

Many of us already have one of these units. It's called a "wife". They keep us from making mistakes in almost every imaginable situation:

• Clothing ("You're not really wearing that to my mother's, are you?")
• Money ("It costs HOW much? Forget it")
• Housekeeping ("NO, I already told you - glass cleaner on the top shelf and bleach on the bottom")
• Driving ("SLOW DOWN! Watch the guy on the bike")
• Entertainment ("Give me the remote. Bridges of Madison County is starting in a minute")

I believe the simplest solutions are always the best...

I can already hear it. Share and Enjoy!

[CaptIronfist]

Arthur: I mean what's the point?
Machine: Nutrition and pleasurable sense data. Share and Enjoy.
Arthur: Listen you stupid machine, it tastes filthy! Here take this cup back!
Machine: If you have enjoyed the experience of this drink, why not share it with your friends.
Arthur: Because i want to keep them. Will you try and comprehend what i'm telling you? That drink..
Machine: That drink was individually tailored to meet your personnal requirements for nutrition and pleasure.
Arthur: Ahh! So I'm a masochist on diet am I ?
Machine: Share and enjoy!
Arthur: Oh! Shut up!
Machine: Will that be all ?
Arthur: Yes! No look! It's very very simple, all I want.. Are you listening?
Machine: Yes.
Arthur: Is a cup of tea. Got that ?
Machine: I hear.
Arthur: Good and you know why i want a cup of tea?
Machine: Please wait..
Arthur: What ?
Machine: Computing ..
Arthur: What are you doing ?
Machine: Attempting to calculate answer to your question, why you want dry leaves in boiling water.
Arthur: Because I happen to like it, that's why.
Machine: Stated reason does not compute with program facts.
Arthur: What are you talking about ?
Ventillation: You heard.
Arthur: What? Who said that?
Ventillation: The ventillation system, you had a go at me yesterday.
Arthur: Yes, because you keep filling the air with cheap perfum.
Ventillation: You like scented air, it's fresh and invigorating.
Arthur: No I do not! ...

Seriously! No thanks ;-)