A robot attempts to solve a Rubik's Cube at the trade fair grounds in Hanover, western Germany, April 2007. Experts in artificial intelligence have built a computer programme that can understand simple jokes, marking an important step in making robots seem friendlier to humans, the weekly New Scientist reports.(AFP/DDP/File/David Hecker)
2 posted on
08/01/2007 9:27:43 PM PDT by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Welcome to FR. The Virtual Boot Camp for 'infidels' in waiting)
To: NormsRevenge
This isn’t a good idea, I’ve seen this before...Data ends up crying in a corner while Jordie gets taken captive.
4 posted on
08/01/2007 9:45:20 PM PDT by
txroadkill
( http://iraqstar.org)
To: NormsRevenge
5 posted on
08/01/2007 10:01:03 PM PDT by
struggle
((The struggle continues))
To: NormsRevenge
Just what I need, a robot that gets a joke. Microsoft’s jokes have gotten real old.
6 posted on
08/01/2007 10:08:54 PM PDT by
jwh_Denver
(Ok, it's time for the Republicans to start ripping themselves apart.)
To: NormsRevenge; Swordmaker; HAL9000; Panerai; Ernest_at_the_Beach
How many software engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
Can’t be done! Hardware problem!
8 posted on
08/01/2007 10:22:58 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Profile updated Tuesday, July 31, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: NormsRevenge
Experts in artificial intelligence have built a computer programme that can understand simple jokes... When they can build a programme that can understand the humor in that, then they might be on to something....
10 posted on
08/02/2007 1:02:40 AM PDT by
csense
To: NormsRevenge
- Mother to boy: "My, you've been working in the garden a lot this summer." - Boy: "I have to, because teacher told me to work a lot" (thus a pun on working the soil and doing schoolwork). 
TOUGH CROWD! TOUGH CROWD!
12 posted on
08/02/2007 7:36:36 AM PDT by
Maceman
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