Author: mendicott

Is there a visual version of Yahoo! Pipes? This question does not make sense.  Please clarify.  Do you mean Visual Basic or visually impaired??  Otherwise, Pipes is as visual as it gets;…

Who is the best expert in natural language processing in Poland? I certainly couldn’t say who’s the smartest NLP person in Poland; however, I can say that there are a number of…

Can Quora Q&A be fed into a robot so that it could answer questions like a human? Yes, its trivial to send Quora feeds into a chatbot or question answering API; however,…

Where can I learn how to make bots for IM programs? http://imified.com is a good place to start for the transport mechanism .. Check http://pandorabots.com for the intelligence .. You can find…

Which is the best solution for a Web Virtual Assistant based on Natural Language? That depends on what purpose you want it for, enterprise, small business, or personal. There are quite a…

Will human beings be able to create a machine conscious of itself? Certainly, people will be able to make a machine with self-awareness; however, that does not mean it will have human…

Will IBM Watson kill Jeopardy by winning? Its worth re-examining the IBM Deep Blue (chess computer) story to compare for potential effects .. You can read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_(chess_computer) There…

Any commercial softbot reference? Check out the new Denise virtual assistant from guile3d at http://guile3d.com/en ..

What topics and books should a person read who has interest in creating cognitive intelligence in computers? Check out the OpenCog Foundation at http://opencog.org .. Ben Goertzel and Hugo de Garis are…

Will there be an Android Bill of Rights? Two related issues: 1) Better to start with dolphins: Scientists say dolphins should be treated as ‘non-human persons’ http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/article194197.ece 2) Issues of agent abuse must…