I found the Turing Test to be very interesting. I found the A.L.I.C.E. chat bot to be the most convincing. The flow of conversation was much easier than with the other bots. I thought with A.L.I.C.E. it was easier to stay on subject and the chat bot’s questions were relevant and answers normal. With the other bots their answers often made no sense. I think a lot of it is that they learn from users and many users spelling mistakes and bring up strange irrelevant topics. I think a properly running Turing chat bot within the next five years is definitely possible since it learns from having conversations with real people. I do not think that the Turing test is a great test for intelligence, just because a machine can mimic human responses means that it has a good learning algorithm but does not have true human intelligence. The machine is not thinking, thought is original whereas Turing repeats what it has learned.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
HW 2
I thought the article and games were very interesting, I have heard of similar things before but have never played or done any research on them. I think its amazing that ordinary citizens can work to solve scientific and world problems. The article was about a game called Foldit, and the users help solve how proteins are shaped and folded and the gwarp games help better search engines. The games combine human intelligence, like spatial reasoning in Foldit, to enhance computer programs. I think this is a great tool for the scientific community, as it inspires, educates and creates excitement for science in the users; it is also a great time and resource saver as multiple people with different perspectives work to solve one problem.
This game reminded me of other interactive features on the internet. The program Free Rice gives 10 grains of rice for every right answer to their games. It simultaneously educates the user while helping to end world hunger. It is different in that the answers do not go to solving scientific problems, but it is similar in that the users work towards something greater. Another similar feature is reCAPTCHA. Used as a security tool to authenticate logins, the program helps digitize books by having people translate scanned images into words. It is amazing how ordinary internet features can be transformed into tools that benefit the scientific community, and in reCAPTCHA's case directly impact information science.
I think games and programs like these are helpful for community and scientific reasons, and hopefully we will see a lot more applications of this technology in the future.
GWAP: http://www.gwap.com/
Foldit: http://www.realscience.us/2011/09/21/citizen-scientists-discover-key-hiv-protein/
reCAPTCHA:http://www.google.com/recaptcha
FreeRice:http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1493
This game reminded me of other interactive features on the internet. The program Free Rice gives 10 grains of rice for every right answer to their games. It simultaneously educates the user while helping to end world hunger. It is different in that the answers do not go to solving scientific problems, but it is similar in that the users work towards something greater. Another similar feature is reCAPTCHA. Used as a security tool to authenticate logins, the program helps digitize books by having people translate scanned images into words. It is amazing how ordinary internet features can be transformed into tools that benefit the scientific community, and in reCAPTCHA's case directly impact information science.
I think games and programs like these are helpful for community and scientific reasons, and hopefully we will see a lot more applications of this technology in the future.
GWAP: http://www.gwap.com/
Foldit: http://www.realscience.us/2011/09/21/citizen-scientists-discover-key-hiv-protein/
reCAPTCHA:http://www.google.com/recaptcha
FreeRice:http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1493
Thursday, September 8, 2011
HW 1
After reviewing the different Blogging site options, I decided to go with Blogger because it seemed simple and best suited for a semester blog. I liked the tag, stats, and writing features on World Press. Also on Word Press I liked the simple themes or the option of designing with CSS. LiveJournal seemed easy to use and find search blogs based on interest but I liked that I could use my existing Google account for Blogger and the simple design tools.
Blogging has transformed the internet to a open forum where anyone with a connection can engage in discourses both personal and momentous. It has not only changed the game for industries like journalism, but also in politics. Blogging and Social Networking are closing the gap between constituents and policy makers and candidates are attempting to utilize these relationships to create a new form of grass-roots campaigning.
Looking at the current campaign for GOP Primaries we see that not only have news and magazine websites used blogs specifically to follow the election but the GOP, candidates, and supporters have also engaged in blogging. Blogs allow voters to read about candidates platforms as well as keep up with their campaign. It will be interesting to see how blogging effects campaigns and politics in general in the next presidential election.
Interested in following the campaign through blogs?
http://www.gop.gov/blog
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica
http://www.mittromney.com/blogs/mitts-view
http://michelebachmann.townhall.com/blog
http://www.governorperry.com/blog
Blogging has transformed the internet to a open forum where anyone with a connection can engage in discourses both personal and momentous. It has not only changed the game for industries like journalism, but also in politics. Blogging and Social Networking are closing the gap between constituents and policy makers and candidates are attempting to utilize these relationships to create a new form of grass-roots campaigning.
Looking at the current campaign for GOP Primaries we see that not only have news and magazine websites used blogs specifically to follow the election but the GOP, candidates, and supporters have also engaged in blogging. Blogs allow voters to read about candidates platforms as well as keep up with their campaign. It will be interesting to see how blogging effects campaigns and politics in general in the next presidential election.
Interested in following the campaign through blogs?
http://www.gop.gov/blog
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica
http://www.mittromney.com/blogs/mitts-view
http://michelebachmann.townhall.com/blog
http://www.governorperry.com/blog
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