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DARPA Contracts For AI Technology

Posted by timothy on from the that-darn-skynet-is-already-late dept.

heptapod writes "USA Today is reporting that DARPA has contracted two professors from RPI to develop artificial intelligences that can learn by reading and understanding natural language. Interesting taking DARPA's Grand Challenge into account. Mentioned in the article is Cycorp, Inc. which has been pursuing this goal since 1994!"

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  1. I Wonder... by vbdrummer0 · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...if any /.'ers out there can think of a non-tinfoil-hat use for this? Not really a troll here, because I can't think of anything else really useful beyond the "cool" factor.

  2. Re:Who do I email in darpa? by Zen+Punk · · Score: 0, Troll

    Are you really serious man? Do you honestly beleive that your ideas hold the answers to the successful completion of an AI? What would you have researchers and programmers do to acheive this? Do have any sort of plan?

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    Sleep is futile.
  3. H00kd on fonix w3rkd f3r m3! by GatesGhost · · Score: 0, Troll

    I hope whoever is teaching them to read has a better understanding of the english language, unlike most posters (not on this site of course...), who can't tell the difference between YOU ARE and YOUR or THEY ARE and THEIR.