German Robot Priest:
https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2017/may/30/german-robot-priest-helps-mark-reformation-anniversary-video-blessu-2
and Japanese Robot Priest:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/23/robot-funerals-priest-launched-softbank-humanoid-robot-pepper-live-streaming
Monday, August 28, 2017
Friday, August 25, 2017
Monday, August 21, 2017
GM’s Step-By-Step Instructions For In-Vehicle Development & Testing
GM’s Step-By-Step Instructions For In-Vehicle Development
& Testing may be found here:
Basically, one registers, downloads the SDK, and develops
one’s app. and then applies to GM for testing with an actual vehicle (VIN has
to be supplied by the developer).
GM reviews the request and if approved by GM, proceeds to
grant access to that vehicle.
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Robotic Failure
From The Guardian
of the UK
"You're fired!"
"Beep, beep: fired. Yes, I am fired up. Ready for the challenge. Thank you."
"Fired! Sacked! Dismissed!"
"Fire emergency: please do not dismiss recommendations regarding fire and fire drills. This is very important in the management of..."
"Out!"
"In and out transportation of goods poses new challenges that, beep, beep. Beeeep."
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/15/robot-boston-dynamics-take-our-jobs-viral-video?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=239528&subid=14553428&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2
"You're fired!"
"Beep, beep: fired. Yes, I am fired up. Ready for the challenge. Thank you."
"Fired! Sacked! Dismissed!"
"Fire emergency: please do not dismiss recommendations regarding fire and fire drills. This is very important in the management of..."
"Out!"
"In and out transportation of goods poses new challenges that, beep, beep. Beeeep."
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/15/robot-boston-dynamics-take-our-jobs-viral-video?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=239528&subid=14553428&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2
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Boston Dynamics demo clip shows we are not
quite living in an i, Robot future – even if the machines can skate better
than you can
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Friday, August 11, 2017
Z3
Z3 is a theorem prover from Microsoft Research. It is licensed under the MIT license.
If you are not familiar with Z3, you can start here.
Z3 can be built using Visual Studio, a Makefile or using CMake. It provides bindings for several programming languages.
Resources for Language Invention
If you are itching to create your own human language for fun or profit (or both), here are a few resources:
Language Construction Kit:
https://www.amazon.com/Language-Construction-Kit-Mark-Rosenfelder/dp/098447000X/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
The Art of Language Invention
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143126466/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I2EJ8ATW5QML34&colid=2PF8RPB6J6NU
Language Creation Society
http://conlang.org/
Language Construction Kit:
https://www.amazon.com/Language-Construction-Kit-Mark-Rosenfelder/dp/098447000X/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
The Art of Language Invention
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143126466/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I2EJ8ATW5QML34&colid=2PF8RPB6J6NU
Language Creation Society
http://conlang.org/
VRL Studio
VRL Studio is a free visual prototyping & programming environment, developed by Michael Hoffer, that targets the JVM.
The idea behind it is analogous to that of National Instrument's LabView.
Please see below.
Free Hex Editor
Please find below the URL for a free Hex Editor:
Please note that each version is for a different language;
i.e. there is a (simplified) Chinese as well as a Korean one.
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Tales of AI
BBC
I think it's the accent: only Strine is accepted.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40868315
I think it's the accent: only Strine is accepted.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40868315
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A computer tells Louise Kennedy her native
spoken English is not good enough for an Australian visa.
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Monday, July 31, 2017
Life Imitates Art - "The Minority Report" & Palantir Co.
From The Guardian of the UK
Palantir, the hi-tech US firm, operates along lines that call to mind the methods used by law enforcement in sci-fi movie 'Minority Report'. But it is all for real.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/30/palantir-peter-thiel-cia-data-crime-police
Palantir: the ‘special ops’ tech giant that wields as much real-world power as Google
www.theguardian.com
Peter Thiel’s CIA-backed, data-mining firm honed its ‘crime predicting’ techniques against insurgents in Iraq. The same methods are now being sold to police departments.
Will they inflame already tense relations between the public and the police?
Palantir, the hi-tech US firm, operates along lines that call to mind the methods used by law enforcement in sci-fi movie 'Minority Report'. But it is all for real.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/30/palantir-peter-thiel-cia-data-crime-police
Palantir: the ‘special ops’ tech giant that wields as much real-world power as Google
www.theguardian.com
Peter Thiel’s CIA-backed, data-mining firm honed its ‘crime predicting’ techniques against insurgents in Iraq. The same methods are now being sold to police departments.
Will they inflame already tense relations between the public and the police?
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Sunday, July 23, 2017
CRISPR–Cas & Data Storage
CRISPR–Cas encoding of a digital movie into the genomes of a
population of living bacteria
I wonder if the Creator has embedded audio-visual-tactile
messages in Human DNA.
Sunday, July 16, 2017
مریم میرزاخانی ۳ اردیبهشت ۱۳۵۶–۲۴ تیر۱۳۹۶ ---- Maryam Mirzakhani 3 May 1977 – 15 July 2017
به یاد اختر همیشه فروزان آسمان علم ریاضی، افتخار همه ایرانیان
، خانم استاد دکتر
او جوان افتاد
In humble salute to the brilliant memory of Professor Doctor Maryam Mirzakhani - the glory of all Iranians - whose brief but magnificent mathematical life was cut short by Death.
It is painful to watch the end of yet another promising life.
، خانم استاد دکتر
مریم میرزاخانی
او جوان افتاد
In humble salute to the brilliant memory of Professor Doctor Maryam Mirzakhani - the glory of all Iranians - whose brief but magnificent mathematical life was cut short by Death.
It is painful to watch the end of yet another promising life.
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Spark
SPARK is a formally defined computer programming language based on the Ada programming language, intended for the development of high integrity software used in systems where predictable and highly reliable operation is essential.
Learn more about it @ http://www.spark-2014.org/
Learn more about it @ http://www.spark-2014.org/
Rust
Rust is a systems programming language which is designed to be a "safe, concurrent, practical language".
Rust supports functional and imperative-procedural paradigms.
Rust is syntactically similar to C++, but is designed for better memory safety while maintaining performance.
Learn more about it@ https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/
Rust supports functional and imperative-procedural paradigms.
Rust is syntactically similar to C++, but is designed for better memory safety while maintaining performance.
Learn more about it
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Solidity
Solidity is a contract-oriented, high-level language whose syntax is similar to that of JavaScript and it is designed to target the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). Find out all about it @ https://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/develop/.
Monday, July 10, 2017
Friday, May 5, 2017
Human-Robot Interactions
From Grauniad of the UK
"The level of interaction we seek is not when I fall in love with the humanoid robot, but when the humanoid robot falls in love with me," explained Prof. Adolf Frankenstein of the University of Linz, in Austria.
BM
PS If you haven't seen it, Ex Machina is a gripping film showing us what is in store, with Alicia Vikander playing the part of a sophisticated robot who is increasingly unhappy about its (her) existence.
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/05/human-robot-interactions-take-step-forward-with-emotional-chatting-machine-chatbot
Human-robot interactions take step forward with 'emotional' chat-bot
www.theguardian.com
Researchers describe the ‘emotional chatting machine’ as a first attempt at the problem of creating machines that can fully understand user emotion
"The level of interaction we seek is not when I fall in love with the humanoid robot, but when the humanoid robot falls in love with me," explained Prof. Adolf Frankenstein of the University of Linz, in Austria.
BM
PS If you haven't seen it, Ex Machina is a gripping film showing us what is in store, with Alicia Vikander playing the part of a sophisticated robot who is increasingly unhappy about its (her) existence.
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/05/human-robot-interactions-take-step-forward-with-emotional-chatting-machine-chatbot
Human-robot interactions take step forward with 'emotional' chat-bot
www.theguardian.com
Researchers describe the ‘emotional chatting machine’ as a first attempt at the problem of creating machines that can fully understand user emotion
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
VUID Toolkit
Of Interest to Chat BOT developers:
The Voice User Interface Designers Toolkit is an open-source project that supports designing and maintaining a text or voice user interface.
https://sites.google.com/site/ivrdesigngroup//vuid-toolkit
The Voice User Interface Designers Toolkit is an open-source project that supports designing and maintaining a text or voice user interface.
https://sites.google.com/site/ivrdesigngroup//vuid-toolkit
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About Me
- Babak Makkinejad
- I had been a senior software developer working for HP and GM. I am interested in intelligent and scientific computing. I am passionate about computers as enablers for human imagination. The contents of this site are not in any way, shape, or form endorsed, approved, or otherwise authorized by HP, its subsidiaries, or its officers and shareholders.