Loebner Prize for artificial intelligence announced

Can machines think? That's the question Alan Turing put to the world and one which scientists and philosophers are still pondering. At the 18th Loebner Prize for artificial intelligence (AI), held at the weekend, Elbot, an artificial intelligence program, convinced three of the 12 human interrogators he was indistinguishable from them.

The modern day Turing test continues to show us just how far away we are from a convincing human AI program. Psychological insights into how thoughts and concepts are represented in the mind are increasingly being used to refine such AI programs.

See the BBC News coverage for the full story.

See the Loebner Prize website for more details of the challenge.

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'Treating cancer' in a virtual world

Kingston University in the UK are using a innovative new 3D method for Radiography. Utilising a 3D virtual environment they are teaching students how to treat cancer patients. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7648170.stm

Hands Free 3D: Second Life Navigation Demo

Check out this video on YouTube. It's the latest hands free
development for virtual worlds. If this technology could be integrated
with some of the 3D projection innovations we've seen coming out from
Italy recently we begin to reach a position of genuine complete
immersion. 3D immersive reality then need only take the next leap to
perfecting stimulatory physical feedback for the psychological
experience to be convincing enough for genuine (interactive/immersive)
experimentation. I'll continue to monitor and report on these ventures
as they impact Psychology.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t52gkAwJq8

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