Month: September 2022

"AS VIV'S KNOWLEDGE GROWS, so will its understanding; its creators have designed it based on three principles they call its "pillars": it will be taught by the world, it will know more than it is taught, and it will learn something every day. As with other AI products, that teaching involves using sophisticated algorithms to interpret the language and behaviour of people using the system -- the more people use it, the smarter it gets." https://lnkd.in/eEpdNGn View in LinkedIn

VIV CLOSES SERIES B of $12.5 M from "funding was led by Iconiq Capital, the so-called “Silicon Valley billionaires club” that operates a cross between a family office and venture capital firm. Multiple sources close to the matter confirm the round, which was oversubscribed and values the company at north of nine figures." http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/20/viv-built-by-siris-creators-scores-12-5-million-for-an-ai-technology-that-can-teach-itself/ View in LinkedIn

DEEPMIND AND MORE. "Google recently paid a reported £400 million for the UK deep-learning company DeepMind and has lured AI legends Geoffrey Hinton and Ray Kurzweil to its headquarters in Mountain View, California. Facebook has its own deep-learning group, led by prize hire Yann LeCun from New York University. Their goal is to build a new generation of AI that can process massive troves of data to predict and fulfil our desires." https://lnkd.in/eEpdNGn View in LinkedIn

HER, THE MOVIE BY SPIKE JONZE. "Theodore purchases a talking operating system (OS) with artificial intelligence, designed to adapt and evolve. He decides he wants the OS to have a female voice, and she names herself "Samantha". Theodore is fascinated by her ability to learn and grow psychologically. Theodore and Samantha's intimacy grows through a verbal sexual encounter." Haunting. https://lnkd.in/e4HHQ_9) View in LinkedIn

VIRTUAL TASTE. "Moving on to taste now, and Cheok’s most surprising invention: the “Electronic Taste Machine”. Wedged between two metal sensors, your tongue is tricked into experiencing various tastes, ranging from sour to bitter, salt or sweet, depending on the frequency of the electrical current passing through the electrodes. And like with the other devices, these electrical signals can travel through the Internet." https://lnkd.in/evzgUmJ View in LinkedIn

MIXED REALITY. "In mixed reality, the real and virtual worlds will eventually merge as one, to produce new environments where physical and digital objects will co-exist and interact in real time." https://lnkd.in/evzgUmJ View in LinkedIn

IMAGINE a mixed reality Samantha in the film Her. Touch, smell, taste, evolving AI. All virtual. View in LinkedIn

LONG DISTANCE LOVE. "Humans will be able to experience new types of communication environments using all of the senses, where we can see virtual objects in the real environment, virtually touch someone from a distance away, and smell and taste virtual food. We will be able to communicate our feelings and emotions to each other more effectively with all of our senses." http://mixedrealitylab.org/ View in LinkedIn

ELECTRIC SMELL. "I’m working on ways to digitize our sense of smell. This will lead to an interface which can produce a range of smell sensations without any chemicals, hence allowing different types of smells to be sent through the internet." http://mixedrealitylab.org/ View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE this weekend continues on the L-form bacteria advocates' claims about a link between L-forms and chronic disease, namely, by the vitamin D receptor. Vitamin D deficiency has been the subject of concern in the medical community, and we will look briefly at this topic. View in LinkedIn