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Vinod Khosla on AI, Healthcare, and Education

by jeffrey.taekman on January 16, 2012 · 0 Comments · in Artificial Intelligence, Education, Gaming, Ideas, Opinion, Technology

Legendary Silicon Valley investor, Vinod Khosla, wrote a 3-part series on technology for TechCrunch. In part 1 he writes about Artificial Intelligence. In part 2 he talks about how computers, mobile apps, and AI could augment (or even replace) healthcare workers. In part 3 he talks about how technology will change education (although his focus [...]

The Birthplace of SIRI-SRI International

by jeffrey.taekman on January 1, 2012 · 0 Comments · in Apple, Artificial Intelligence, Research, Robotics, SIRI

I was one of the first people in line to buy an iPhone 4s–primarily to get my hands on SIRI. I just finished reading a story on Wired.com about the birthplace of SIRI–SRI International (formerly known as the Stanford Research Institute). I learned that SIRI shares it’s birthplace with other incredible technology such as Nuance’s [...]

Chatbot Duel

by jeffrey.taekman on September 3, 2011 · 0 Comments · in Artificial Intelligence, Fun

What happens when two chatbots are set loose to speak to one another? Watch the linked movie to find out…   [Link: www.i-programmer.info...]

IBM’s Watson wins Jeopardy-becomes physician’s assistant

by michael.steele on February 17, 2011 · 0 Comments · in Artificial Intelligence, Technology

Unless you’ve been in a media blackout, you have probably heard that IBM’s Watson soundly beat its human competitors on Jeopardy ($77k to $24k). What wasn’t covered as broadly is that IBM plans to launch a physician assistant service in 18 months using the Watson software. They plan to “physician’s assistant service that will allow [...]