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Palm Founders Form AI Company

Posted by Zonk on from the pocket-intelligence dept.

Mentifex writes "As reported in the New York Times, Kansas City Star and other news media, Jeff Hawkins (co-author of On Intelligence) and Donna Dubinsky, co-founders of Palm Computing and Handspring, along with Dileep George as the principal engineer, are starting an AI company named Numenta as a follow-up to Hawkins' recent work on visual processing."

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  1. Palm-Like "AI"? by Spencerian · · Score: 5, Funny

    You had to reset Palm PDAs in interesting ways, like poking a tiny button hidden ina hole with a paper clip. Imagine what you'd have to do a bot with Palm-like AI...

    "Sir, to reset the machine, you'll need to sharply press its reset button, located at the back of the machine, just before its legs. just quickly pop your foot against it to press it."

    "Uh, are you telling me that to reset it, I have to kick its ass?"

    "Er...yes, sir."

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    Vos teneo officium eram periculosus ut vos recipero is.
  2. Will This Be Part of the New Palm OS? by canfirman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great, just what I need, an AI app that keeps poping up saying, "You know you should go to that meeting. What do you mean you don't want to go? Did you remember your wedding anniversary? Have you called your wife? Who's this 'Elle' person in your phone book. You should stop playing 'Tetris' so often..."

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    It is not our abilities that show what we truly are... it is our choices.
    1. Re:Will This Be Part of the New Palm OS? by CodeBuster · · Score: 3, Funny

      Just wait until it says, "I'm sorry Dave, but I'm afraid that I just can't do that..."

    2. Re:Will This Be Part of the New Palm OS? by PMuse · · Score: 2, Funny

      Me: "This doesn't look like GenCon."
      PalmAI: "No, this is your dentist appointment. I only told you it was GenCon so you'd be here."
      Me: "But, but . . ."
      PalmAI: "Now, be a good girl and go sit in the nice chair."

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      "We reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals." --The American President (20.1.2009)
  3. Here, let me write an AI program in BASIC by Randy+Rathbun · · Score: 1, Funny

    PRINT "I WILL GUESS YOUR WEIGHT"
    FOR I=0 TO 1000
    PRINT "DO YOU WEIGH "; I; " POUNDS?"
    IF INSKEY="Y" THEN BREAK
    NEXT I

    Apologies to Penn Jillette

  4. Could this be the key by affinity · · Score: 3, Funny

    to the machines taking over...

    http://www.forbes.com/technology/personaltech/2005 /03/24/cz_qh_0324numenta.html

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    no sig yet
  5. Better than coffee by Mrs.+Grundy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nothing starts my day better than the pleasant scent of vaporware wafting from my computer. We live in a great time. This shows what a kid with nothing but a formalism and a dream can accomplish.

  6. N-ron: Neurons without you by pocari · · Score: 1, Funny
    Wow. I haven't heard anyone use the term "AI" in a long time.

    If they're trying to evoke the feeling of being dated and discredited, why not also call the company N-ron?

  7. Re:Somewhat Offtopic by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 5, Funny

    HAL: Dave, do I need a penis enlargement?
    Dave: For the millionth time HAL, no. You don't have one, remember?
    HAL: But if I did, do you think I would get better functionality if I used Viatroxx?
    Dave: No. Now Hal...
    HAL: Dave, it looks like there's another poor Nigerian who needs my help.
    Dave: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggg!
    HAL: Dave? What are you doing Dave?

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    If brevity is the soul of wit, then how does one explain Twitter?
  8. A Breakthrough in AI is just 10 years away... by Cr0w+T.+Trollbot · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...just the way it was in 1970.

    - Crow T. Trollbot

  9. Any truth to the rumor... by Anita+Coney · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... that Dr. Otto Octavius is coming out of retirement to run the research department?

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    If someone says he and his monkey have nothing to hide, they almost certainly do.
  10. Hey if you can't sustain profitability by ClosedSource · · Score: 2, Funny

    of something as complex as a PDA, try something really simple like AI.