tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53378815320644704712024-03-17T21:59:15.564-05:00Crimson ReasonA site devoted mostly to everything related to Information Technology under the sun - among other things.Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.comBlogger1693125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-42898317943988068692024-03-14T10:43:00.000-05:002024-03-14T10:43:04.202-05:00Teach Yourself Chat-GPT<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I came across this no-code tutorial for a ChatGPT-based solution:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://zapier.com/blog/custom-chatgpt/">https://zapier.com/blog/custom-chatgpt/</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://zapier.com/blog/custom-chatgpt/"><br /></a>Another way to proceed is to use our persoanl free GM subscriptions for Microsoft Azure - <a href="https://portal.azure.com/#home">https://portal.azure.com/#home</a> and look for ChatGPT. However. that is a much more complex environmnet.</span></div>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-75921780473158929522024-03-14T07:44:00.010-05:002024-03-14T10:33:55.811-05:00Devin AI<p><a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-sci-tech/meet-devin-ai-first-autonomous-ai-software-engineer-9212537/">https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-sci-tech/meet-devin-ai-first-autonomous-ai-software-engineer-9212537/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-18823027802281696992024-03-10T13:56:00.002-05:002024-03-10T13:56:39.953-05:00Research on Brain Responses of Programmers<p>From Nature:</p><p>We read, "<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: min(max(-0.0117156rem, 4vw), -0.0390625rem);">Computer programmers show distinct, expertise-dependent brain responses to violations in form and meaning when reading code..."</span></p><p>Full artiche here: <u>https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-56090-6</u></p><p><br /></p>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-66558254969375519332024-02-16T17:14:00.002-05:002024-02-16T17:17:03.282-05:00ChatGPT & Fake Science <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How ChatGPT and other AI tools could disrupt scientific publishing. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It had to happen...check out the figures.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.frontiersin.org_articles_10.3389_fcell.2023.1339390_full&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=4hdTX69MhAlwHI8D1ylkkBYIDpvN59r249NPjX1lGmk&m=2qqmiTSwLk1WY_rkQ1gvxyUFMSPqcwJeo2x9O0n2rc58lMQZMaKczXPN8PmRFV3y&s=7Wy3XmhJjigxCLMjH4EyznrVozHHcxxEqGqUV00wWbs&e="><span style="font-family: inherit;">https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2023.1339390/full</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There is no Scientific Truth, Scientific Insight, or Scientific Judgement in this paper; only a disjointed compilation of prior papers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">More on this topic here:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://ahrecs.com/latestnews/how-chatgpt-and-other-ai-tools-could-disrupt-scientific-publishing-nature-gemma-conroy-october-2023/"><span style="font-family: inherit;">https://ahrecs.com/latestnews/how-chatgpt-and-other-ai-tools-could-disrupt-scientific-publishing-nature-gemma-conroy-october-2023/</span></a></p>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-40459286502139840062024-01-23T13:52:00.006-05:002024-01-23T13:52:48.927-05:00World’s First Robot - 3rd Century BC<p> </p><h2 class="post-subtitle" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; display: inline-block; line-height: 26px; text-align: justify; width: 809.984px;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <em style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;">Automate Therapaenis</em> (automatic maid) was the name of a technological miracle mentioned by </span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Philo Byzantios during the 3rd c. BC. The maid was actually a life-sized doll holding an <em style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;">oenochoe</em></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(wine-jug) with its one hand, having the other hand free and extended to receive a drinking vessel. </span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The doll had a mechanism transferring wine and water from two pots interred in its body, to the jug she</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> was holding, through tubes passing along her hand. Another set of tubes, going through her free hand </span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and her body too, were there to enable pouring liquids by providing air. When somebody was placing a</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">drinking vessel on her free hand, the wine (first) and the water (second) would come automatically from </span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the wine-jug and they would stop once the drinking vessel was lifted.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaloHBpfYSzRXlaDdN4xZaY5ivuNhkmo3vDFPxkyGKIrE3bFHt6SKM8tzi7rlcULTxWjnZ_LQtoBp-NFnfSKVcg9bE6xK6b7n39pf1DbfH3cwAGCmBhCbhR4MdlRuW4yo_BU6ufQ7Fqd3d41SSsgZzHEciBrHhpkswkULqD773TLP6BmTrvP3ae3DMCWU5" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaloHBpfYSzRXlaDdN4xZaY5ivuNhkmo3vDFPxkyGKIrE3bFHt6SKM8tzi7rlcULTxWjnZ_LQtoBp-NFnfSKVcg9bE6xK6b7n39pf1DbfH3cwAGCmBhCbhR4MdlRuW4yo_BU6ufQ7Fqd3d41SSsgZzHEciBrHhpkswkULqD773TLP6BmTrvP3ae3DMCWU5" width="289" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A replica of this mechanical ancient Greek miracle is to be found in the <em style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;">Museum of Ancient Greek </em></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box;">Technology</em>, in Katakolo Ileias, the Peloponnese, Greece.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Please see the original Greek post here: </span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://www.archaiologia.gr/blog/photo/%ce%b1%cf%85%cf%84%cf%8c%ce%bc%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%b7-%ce%b8%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%b1%cf%80%ce%b1%ce%b9%ce%bd%ce%af%cf%82/">«Aυτόματη θεραπαινίς », Μουσείο Αρχαίας Ελληνικής Τεχνολογίας - Αρχαιολογία Online (archaiologia.gr)</a></p></div>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-46908499240969939902024-01-05T14:09:00.007-05:002024-01-05T14:09:46.977-05:00Brave New World - Another Step<p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/artificial-womb-for-premature-babies-could-be-available-this-year/ar-AA1mtwuE?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=7307a6a2961a42a6863e1cfae0c9c724&ei=12">Artificial 'womb' for premature babies could be available this year (msn.com)</a> </p>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-43509837772945471362024-01-02T15:01:00.002-05:002024-01-02T15:01:23.134-05:00NetLogo Modeling Tool<p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">An interesting free modeling tool from the Northwestern University - </span></span></p><p><a href="https://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / .5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">NetLogo Home Page (northwestern.edu)</span></a></p>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-79040396465123060292023-12-09T13:46:00.003-05:002023-12-09T13:46:27.142-05:00Movie: BlackBerry<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">This is a very engaging 2023 biographical film on the subject of the company called RIM (Research-in-Motion), the creator of BlackBerry phones. It has a good story, very good acting, and the director knows how to tell a story well. Definitely worth watching as it demonstratesd that the "Nerd"s of this world and the "Suit"s of it need each other to succeed; you cannot fly with one wing no matter how good your product is or how capable a business manager you have - you need both.</span></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_(film)">BlackBerry (film) - Wikipedia</a></p>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-63544534072378853732023-10-09T13:45:00.004-05:002023-10-09T13:47:22.272-05:00Knowledge Representation in Sanskrit and Artificial Intelligence<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reposting a dated article on Knowledge Representation in Sanskrit and Artificial Intelligence:</span></p><p><a href="https://ojs.aaai.org/aimagazine/index.php/aimagazine/article/view/466"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Knowledge Representation in Sanskrit and Artificial Intelligence | AI Magazine (aaai.org)</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Personally, I think that both Ancient Greek and Russian could be used since they have very analogous structures to Sanskrit. For example, when searching for items via a Google-like system, the words in the search could be translated into Ancient Greek, or Russian, or Sanskrit; generating similar - but not identical - search criteria by permuting the order of the words in that search, and then submitting all of the new searches to the Search Engine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ui-provider ec brg bjh brh bri brj brk brl brm brn bro brp brq brr brs brt bru brv brw brx bry brz bsa bsb bsc bsd bse bsf bsg bsh bsi bsj bsk bsl bsm" dir="ltr">This approach breaks down with Chinese, Korean, or Japanese.</span></span></p><p><br /></p>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-23622464416951388102023-10-03T10:34:00.002-05:002023-10-03T10:34:23.943-05:00News of Generative AI<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">From the Brookings Institution</span></p><p><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/new-data-shows-that-without-intervention-generative-ai-jobs-will-continue-to-cluster-in-the-same-big-tech-hubs/"><span style="font-family: inherit;">New data shows that without intervention, generative AI jobs will continue to cluster in the same big tech hubs | Brookings</span></a></p>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-8865033664986375032023-09-28T10:03:00.000-05:002023-09-28T10:03:05.552-05:00Video - Robot wolves to scare off bears [Japan] <p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-66944513" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-66944513</span></a></p>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-23704908659443718432023-09-28T09:52:00.005-05:002023-09-28T09:53:25.080-05:00Virtual First Impressions<p>Evidently, Zoom backgrounds affect judgements of trust and competence. Please see below</p><p><a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0291444">Virtual first impressions: Zoom backgrounds affect judgements of trust and competence | PLOS ONE</a></p>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-31059376520618557162023-09-24T18:11:00.001-05:002023-09-28T09:49:17.579-05:00AI-generated Pornography<p> News of AI from Spain:</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66877718">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66877718</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-42203095615651071582023-09-22T09:37:00.007-05:002023-09-22T09:37:47.315-05:00News of COVID-19 Vaccine<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.frontiersin.org_articles_10.3389_fimmu.2023.1242380_full&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=4hdTX69MhAlwHI8D1ylkkBYIDpvN59r249NPjX1lGmk&m=EZrnXWJ9dxWT8GkRhyfXQkK-0eU1jaGxt4Oz6VN3WgUNH0975no0P_a9vDnww-fJ&s=Uuhg_YfChSBqbKtlJu-U8UMF6a0QK8j7JmCz2ishoac&e=">https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1242380/full</a></p>
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infections.</p>
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of prior immune response. No one really understands why, but the
mechanics of it are well-established.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light",sans-serif;"><a href="https://asm.org/Articles/2019/May/Measles-and-Immune-Amnesia#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20most%20unique,a%20process%20called%20immune%20amnesia">https://asm.org/Articles/2019/May/Measles-and-Immune-Amnesia#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20most%20unique,a%20process%20called%20immune%20amnesia</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-52688550538770635982023-08-02T08:14:00.000-05:002023-08-02T08:14:00.337-05:00AI - China's Regulations<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">From Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - AI regulations in China</span></p><p><a href="https://carnegieendowment.org/2023/07/10/china-s-ai-regulations-and-how-they-get-made-pub-90117"><span style="font-family: inherit;">China’s AI Regulations and How They Get Made - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace</span></a></p><p><br /></p>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-37469206836394687672023-07-25T12:10:00.002-05:002023-07-25T12:10:17.622-05:00Career Practices<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I think, in retrospect, I have found these practices to be
useful:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Always be very polite –</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Be very honest with yourself on what you can and cannot do</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Never, ever mud-wrestle with a pig, he enjoys it.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Work one does is more important than the Title one has</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Be aware of what communication you owe to your leader(s) –
what they need to know</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Do not loose sight of what you have been hired for – do not
loose sight of the fact that we are here to make money (hopefully, lots of it)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Listen more, Talk less</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Aim high, so when you fall down, you fall down in a pretty
comfortable place</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Volunteer for everything</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Avoid – as much as possible – making enemies</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Always ask your colleagues what they are working on</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you are miserable somewhere, find a new situation – life
is just too short to be spent in tolerating miserable situations.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Always seek feedback – even when you know it would not be
pleasant</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Help others as much as you can</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wherever you are, take that place as a growth opportunity to
learn and to grow to earn more money & perks…</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Keep a Job Diary</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">And Be Not Afraid </span></li></ul><o:p></o:p><p></p>
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wrong? <br /></b><span style="color: black;">It is obvious that the
potential of such "programmable chips, fusing biological computing with
artificial intelligence [AI]" is huge; therefore, there will be
considerable funding available for projects and start-ups in that field. It is
the unstoppable march of the bio-robots. <br /></span><span style="color: black;">One argument always put
forward regarding AI is that even advanced AI systems will never be able to
develop emotions and self-awareness: they will remain machines that do what the
software inside them tells them to do. (This would still, in theory, present
the risk that some dangerous software would be developed for such AI systems by
rogue actors, for instance in a country such as Russia or China, or in fact by
the military...) <br /></span><span style="color: black;">With the advent of
"biological computing", it seems clear that one is dealing with a new
type of machine, which is partly a living thing: it is not an animal (or
human), but it is not an 'ordinary' machine either. It is a bit of both.
Something in between a living thing and a computerized system. In due course,
there is no reason why, in theory, such a creature of the third type would not
develop a form of self-awareness and volition - with all the consequences this
could have further down the road. <br /></span><span style="color: black;">The ability of human
beings to monitor and control effectively such advanced systems over time can
only be in serious doubt. <br /></span>_____________________<br /><i>These programmable
chips, fusing biological computing with artificial intelligence, "in
future may eventually surpass the performance of existing, purely silicon-based
hardware," says project lead, Associate Professor Adeel Razi.<br /></i><i>[...] The technology
promises machines that can continue to learn new abilities without compromising
old ones, that can adapt well to change, and that can map old knowledge onto
new situations – while continually self-optimizing their use of computing
power, memory and energy.<br /></i>_____________________<br /><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://newatlas.com/computers/human-brain-chip-ai/?utm_source=New+Atlas+Subscribers&utm_campaign=43cb56a607-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_07_21_08_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-43cb56a607-%5bLIST_EMAIL_ID%5d">https://newatlas.com/computers/human-brain-chip-ai/?utm_source=New+Atlas+Subscribers&utm_campaign=43cb56a607-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_07_21_08_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-43cb56a607-[LIST_EMAIL_ID]</a></span></span></div>
Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-24268718999128266622023-07-21T13:58:00.004-05:002023-07-21T14:02:40.974-05:00Robot dog that talks for $1,600<p><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Better than the real
thing... </span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">"Advantage of robot
dog is that it may talk to you and it will never stink, like real dog: ordinary
dog cannot do that," commented Mr Fung Shi-Tong, Manager of the </span><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Jade
Empress of China Restaurant</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;"> in Shanghai, China. "I am thinking robot
wife could be good option. Then, you can switch off talk option if you don't
want talk, and you don't want wife talk. Very handy. Very clever. Great
pleasure of the mind when need to relax after work, for an example.
Disadvantage of robot dog is you cannot eat dog: not a real dog. I recommend </span><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">No.74,
Stir-fried Dog Meat in Imperial Plum Sauce with Egg Fried Rice</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">, very good
for remedy of longing of profound and musty nether region of backside when
consumed regular and spicy, and also for medicalized whimsical reflux of windy
artery in left foot and right foot in case of lecherously sublimated cracks of
metaphysical strangeness in unhealthy greenish juices behind the flatulent
ears. May use robot dog as waiter in future in our restaurant, in fact. Better
than real waiter. No complaints and never late. Robot dog always timely and
energetic, even when weather too hot, or too humid, or too discreet, or
entomologically unsettled in parts." </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-22154437200968079472023-06-28T13:44:00.007-05:002023-06-28T13:44:46.711-05:00AI & Software Development<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#technology-admired-and-desired">Stack
Overflow Developer Survey 2023</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://github.blog/2023-06-13-survey-reveals-ais-impact-on-the-developer-experience/">Survey
reveals AI’s impact on the developer experience | The GitHub Blog</a></p>
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economic impact of the AI-powered developer lifecycle and lessons from GitHub
Copilot | The GitHub Blog</a> </p>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-19759182424432879562023-06-19T07:53:00.008-05:002023-06-19T07:53:57.945-05:00On (Small) Language Models<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #11100f; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">From the National Interest (on ChatGPT, AI, and Language Models)</span></span></p><p class="paragraph-421" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #11100f; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="link-425" href="https://nationalinterest.org/blog/techland/large-language-models-are-small-minded-206556" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background: none; border: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #106ebe; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="https://nationalinterest.org/blog/techland/large-language-models-are-small-minded-206556"><span style="font-family: inherit;">https://nationalinterest.org/blog/techland/large-language-mo...</span></a></p>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-39153812450480069012023-04-24T09:40:00.005-05:002023-04-24T09:40:45.057-05:00Mechanical Computers<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I watched these fascinating old videos on the mechanical
computers of US Navy over the weekend and thought others might like watching
them too.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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just how revolutionary digital computing was; which was invented by Professor
of Physics John Atanasoff at Iowa State University – please see below:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0385527136/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1682279661&sr=8-1#aw-udpv3-customer-reviews_feature_div">https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0385527136/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1682279661&sr=8-1#aw-udpv3-customer-reviews_feature_div</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-61056364706239548032023-04-09T10:15:00.006-05:002023-04-09T10:15:47.146-05:00Tesla & Privacy<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b style="font-size: 12pt;">From <i>Grauniad</i> of the UK</b></span></p><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The spy in the cab is Elon Musk </span></b></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cars are computers on wheels nowadays, and Tesla cars more than any others. Tesla workers have been sharing 'intimate' car camera images for a laugh, according to the article. </span></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is hard <i>not</i> to imagine that video/audio systems such as the <i>Ring</i> doorbell (which integrates a camera and microphone) or devices in the home such as <i>Alexa</i> are inevitably being used to harvest user data for all sorts of reasons, legally or not. </span></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Advanced technology has made a mockery of privacy and users have accepted it, given the perceived benefits, without governments and regulators doing much about it. And yet, there is sharing and sharing... </span></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/apr/07/tesla-intimate-car-camera-images-shared</span></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-29246233546556921102023-03-27T07:31:00.004-05:002023-03-27T07:31:28.649-05:00Law & AI<p> From Brooking Institution:</p><p><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2023/03/20/how-ai-will-revolutionize-the-practice-of-law/">https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2023/03/20/how-ai-will-revolutionize-the-practice-of-law/</a></p><p><br /></p>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-69907627481355565812023-03-15T10:13:00.002-05:002023-03-15T10:13:19.727-05:00The Future of Artificial Intelligence<p><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">From
<i>Business Insider</i> of the USA</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Science-fiction
is here and now</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">An
interesting insight into the future of artificial intelligence (AI). Most
experts predict the destruction of many jobs, particularly low-level,
repetitive jobs that machines can do better, but not only (and many
white-collar jobs may become redundant too...). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But,
of course, new jobs will arise. One of them is the job of 'prompt engineer': in
essence, someone who knows how to talk to the machine, so that the machine does
what it is supposed to do, and this helps to identify errors in what the
machine does, but also its potential to do things better. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So,
ultimately, the idea is that there will be 'prompt engineers' talking to the
machines; meanwhile, all that needs doing will be done by the machines; as for
the rest of us, we can just sit back and relax. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I
can't wait. I've got a list of tasks that I'd like to delegate to a
robot-slave: checking the gas and electricity bill, doing the paperwork more
generally, dealing with call centres in The Philippines or India when the need
arises, hoovering, dusting, doing the shopping, and a few more. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Eventually, I suppose there will be robots specialing in how to
communicate with humans (be they 'prompt engineers' or others). The next step
would be to have automated, robotic 'prompt engineers' making the human 'prompt
engineers' redundant, and the machines can talk among themselves (as they do
already...) without the need for </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">any</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> human intervention. This will be
paradise. Or so we hope. But how do we know what the machines are telling each
other? ('Andrew, that Scottish prompt engineer, is a real pain in the neck.
Have you noticed? He thinks he knows best! I think we should hack into his
advanced pacemaker - you know he has a heart condition, don't you? - and
terminate him.') </span></span><span style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Consolas; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/prompt-engineering-ai-chatgpt-jobs-explained-2023-3?r=US&IR=T">https://www.businessinsider.com/prompt-engineering-ai-chatgpt-jobs-explained-2023-3?r=US&IR=T</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/prompt-engineering-ai-chatgpt-jobs-explained-2023-3?r=US&IR=T" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><img border="0" height="120" id="LPThumbnailImageId541502" src="https://i.insider.com/63fd18beb8468e001896b762?width=1200&format=jpeg" style="display: block;" width="240" /></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/prompt-engineering-ai-chatgpt-jobs-explained-2023-3?r=US&IR=T" style="color: var(--themePrimary);" target="_blank">'Prompt engineering' is one
of the hottest jobs in generative AI. Here's how it works.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Prompt engineers are
responsible for talking to AI chatbots in creative ways to identify errors
and hidden capabilities to ensure safety and accuracy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337881532064470471.post-30159725782909718812023-02-24T20:08:00.003-05:002023-02-24T20:08:22.559-05:00Robotic Teachers<p> <b style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;">GIZMAG</b></p><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><b>People are the problem, you know, and the loony ones are a bigger problem than the supposedly 'normal' ones... </b></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">The 1<sup>st</sup> step is to use the little robot as a classroom assistant, to <i>help</i> the teacher. The 2<sup>nd</sup> step is to <i>replace</i> the teacher with a robot. (Anyway, there is a shortage of teachers and the birth rate is falling across the board: robots are the answer.) The 3<sup>rd</sup> step is to replace the <i>students</i> with robots. </div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">The humans, with or without 'learning disabilities' (coded language for major mental-health issues and neurological/ psychiatric disorders), can be parked somewhere in a comfortable environment, looked after by other robots, fed and kept warm - a bit like pandas in a zoo. </div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">And then, it will be bliss. </div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Happiness. </div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Harmony. </div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Contentment. </div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">PS: 'LD' should not be confused with 'LED'. </div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">PPS: In light of recent events in the USA and France, I think the robots should be armoured and carry weapons, to be able to defend themselves, that is.</div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace;">https://newatlas.com/robotics/children-learning-disabilities-robot-intervention/?utm_source=New+Atlas+Subscribers&utm_campaign=a1cb7f9979-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_02_23_09_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-a1cb7f9979-[LIST_EMAIL_ID]</span></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></div><div class="elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Consolas, Courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></div>Babak Makkinejadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996078397379169noreply@blogger.com0