One problem with the standard Lamy ink iirc - it's erasable. We used to use Lamy Safari pens almost exclusively in school - still my favourite pen. We also used to use a chemical ink remover. So...since the post asked about signing documents - standard Lamy (erasable) ink is not what you are looking for. On the other hand, iirc, pelikan ink used to fit - again check the erasability.
It strikes me as strange that the people who got worked up over locator/id chips being embedded in consumer products, are not getting worked up over this.
Yes reverse traceroute is more indirect, but both are ways to locate the general whereabouts of the individual.
In this scenario, Artificial Neural Networks are a tool. The question you should be asking is if they are the right(tm) tool.
The original post does not give any specifics as to where or how you plan on using the Neural Networks. Whether or not a tool is correct depends on the kind of job/goal you want to accomplish and how efficiently it helps you in completing it.
You should think carefully when you ask if a person would want to use a Neural Network in their home. It's a bit like asking a client "Would you want a Hydraulic Mounted, Photo-Diode based Solar Seeking Parabolic Reflector with your skylight?" -It's a lot of fancy words but not much information.
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Ok now would I want a Neural Network in my home? In actuality I have an X-10 enabled apartment hooked up to my PC upon which I have a Neural Network based speech recognition interface (BP + K-SON). This is a project I did for fun. If this were a product, I'd be using another tool. Maybe IBM's ViaVoice.
Can I see a real use for neural networks in the house? Absolutely. One day I want an agent that takes into account many context variables:-
1) who is in the house
2) where they are in the house
3) what they are doing in the house
4) what mood they are in
These types of questions are suited to Connectionist type systems. An agent like this would know that I am in the bedroom programming so I normally want the lights dimmed in the bedroom and off everywhere else. On the other hand it would know when I am upset and would not deign to make decisions for me based on the fact that I might get upset at it.
An agent like this would also be written using a variety of "intelligent" programming techniques, possibly using Production Systems, Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, etc.
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If you are interested in a basic introductory text, you might check out Stan Franklin's "Artificial Minds".
A good text (the only one I know of too) on emotion recognition is Rosalind Picard's "Affective Computing".
If you want an quick intro to context based programming, check out the latest IBM Systems Journal featuring MIT Media Lab's current research projects. Actually, there are several papers here that might interest you:
P.530 Out of Context: Computer systems that adapt to, and learn from context. - H. Liebermann, T. Selker
P.705 Toward computers that recognize and respond to user emotion. - R. W. Picard
P.861 An installation of interactive furniture. - O. Omojola, et al.
P.880 Context-aware design and interaction in computer systems. - T. Selker, W. Burleson
P.892 Sensor Systems for interactive surfaces. - J. A. Paradiso, et al.
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One problem with the standard Lamy ink iirc - it's erasable. We used to use Lamy Safari pens almost exclusively in school - still my favourite pen. We also used to use a chemical ink remover. So...since the post asked about signing documents - standard Lamy (erasable) ink is not what you are looking for. On the other hand, iirc, pelikan ink used to fit - again check the erasability.
Frank.
It strikes me as strange that the people who got worked up over locator/id chips being embedded in consumer products, are not getting worked up over this.
Yes reverse traceroute is more indirect, but both are ways to locate the general whereabouts of the individual.
The question is where do we draw the line?
Frank Fletcher.
The original post does not give any specifics as to where or how you plan on using the Neural Networks. Whether or not a tool is correct depends on the kind of job/goal you want to accomplish and how efficiently it helps you in completing it.
You should think carefully when you ask if a person would want to use a Neural Network in their home. It's a bit like asking a client "Would you want a Hydraulic Mounted, Photo-Diode based Solar Seeking Parabolic Reflector with your skylight?" -It's a lot of fancy words but not much information.
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Ok now would I want a Neural Network in my home? In actuality I have an X-10 enabled apartment hooked up to my PC upon which I have a Neural Network based speech recognition interface (BP + K-SON). This is a project I did for fun. If this were a product, I'd be using another tool. Maybe IBM's ViaVoice.
Can I see a real use for neural networks in the house? Absolutely. One day I want an agent that takes into account many context variables:-
1) who is in the house
2) where they are in the house
3) what they are doing in the house
4) what mood they are in
These types of questions are suited to Connectionist type systems. An agent like this would know that I am in the bedroom programming so I normally want the lights dimmed in the bedroom and off everywhere else. On the other hand it would know when I am upset and would not deign to make decisions for me based on the fact that I might get upset at it.
An agent like this would also be written using a variety of "intelligent" programming techniques, possibly using Production Systems, Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, etc.
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If you are interested in a basic introductory text, you might check out Stan Franklin's "Artificial Minds".
A good text (the only one I know of too) on emotion recognition is Rosalind Picard's "Affective Computing".
If you want an quick intro to context based programming, check out the latest IBM Systems Journal featuring MIT Media Lab's current research projects. Actually, there are several papers here that might interest you:
P.530 Out of Context: Computer systems that adapt to, and learn from context. - H. Liebermann, T. Selker
P.705 Toward computers that recognize and respond to user emotion. - R. W. Picard
P.861 An installation of interactive furniture. - O. Omojola, et al.
P.880 Context-aware design and interaction in computer systems. - T. Selker, W. Burleson
P.892 Sensor Systems for interactive surfaces. - J. A. Paradiso, et al.
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I hope this has been helpful,
Frank Fletcher (Ailima)