Written by admin on 08 December 2008
Creating artificial life has stopped being a theme for science fiction novels and may be achieved in reality in the next three to ten years, states Jack Szostak, a professor at Harvard University also well-known in the field of madicine.
According to Szostak, Harvard specialists have already managed to create a synthetic cell from basic DNA chemical compounds. Also, scientists from the Research Insitute J. Craig Venter have come up with a method to achieve a complete genome on a fully artificial way.
“ The creation of synthetic proto-cells has may demonstrate our place in the universe and reveal the mysteries of genesis, affirms Marc Bedau, director of the ProtoLife Institute in Venice, Italy. Read the rest of this entry »
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Written by admin on 13 October 2008
An initial performance experiment has taken place in Berkshire, England, with the purpose of testing and recognizing intelligent thinking tendencies at robots. During the experiment, five robots have maintained free conversations for several minutes.
Researchers from Reading University have tested five machines in order to find out whether they would be able to pass for humans in the context of a basic conversation. The program was drafted in 1950 by British mathematician Alan Turing, who affirms that, if a machine may not be distinguished from a human being at this level, it can be considered capable of thinking.
Of five testes robots, only Elba has approached the minimum necessary level, attaining five points beneath the differential limit. However, none of the robots has passed the Turing test, which demanded that the robot should try and cheat on 30% of his human interlocutors in the context of a conversation.
Source: BBC
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