(August 21, 2014 at 6:44 am)bennyboy Wrote: The Milo thing smacks of a Steve Jobs demo-- carefully guided to bring across a certain impression. I have a feeling if I went in there and just started trying to talk to him about school or something, I'd just get guided to the pier scene. I also think if I held a towel or any other similarly-size white object up to the screen, Milo would grab a piece of paper.
Now, if I pull out a random object from my pocket, and Milo says-- " is that a Trojan condom?" then I'll be impressed.
Well, it may indeed be a sort of hoax, yes...
A neural network mostly designed to recognize facial expressions and act accordingly... also to learn what sort of behaviors we like to see from it... and little else... could be...
If you want it to know what a trojan condom is, then you'd have to teach it about condoms beforehand, huh? When I was a kid, I didn't know what a condom was... let alone what it looked like. Then I learned.... and I also learned about the different brands there are...
The program seemed to be expecting a picture, so it would acknowledge anything you show it as a piece of paper with a picture in it.
But the point is, such an artificial neural network is conceivable, at the moment. One that simply recognizes facial expressions, language tones, desired behaviors... and then acts accordingly in a new setting.
It's no small feat, but it's feasible with today's technology.
