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The Virtual Teacher
Roland Piquepaille writes "Researchers from Illinois and Florida are developing a networking system which will create virtual representations of real people to improve our knowledge. They will use artificial intelligence and natural language processing software to enable us to interact with these avatars. The goal of the project, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is to give us the possibility to interact with these virtual representations as if they were the actual person, complete with the ability to understand and answer questions. We should see the results at the beginning of 2008 — if the researchers succeed."
Another Roland Piquepaille article...Thanks.
He forces slashdotters to go through his site (racking up hits and advertising dollars) to read the actual interesting content...
You're quite wrong; Mr. Piquepaille provides a very useful service. His summaries are of great use to busy people like myself, who wish to stay up-to-date with recent developments, but who do not have the time to read lengthy articles. He gets us the information we need in a swift and efficient manner.
Okay people, move along, there's nothing to see here!