This is a prototype of an elderly home care robot developed by a very small group at IBM (with the benign indifference from their employer corporation that does not want to deal with robots and headaches and liabilities associated with robots). Its ability to verbally communicate with a human and to learn from a human is very impressive (basically ( Read more... )

I just went there for the second time ( Read more... )

"The AGI conferences are the only major conference series devoted wholly and specifically to the creation of AI systems possessing general intelligence at the human level and ultimately beyond." This is a small conference (I expect around 200 people, give or take), and this year it comes in two parts, AGI-12 and AGI-Impacts ( Read more... )

A bit of information related to machine learning and philosophy talks at MIT.( Read more... )

Community-based participatory art, music, and dance. "We encourage you to dress up, bring your own art or games and most importantly, to participate ( Read more... )

Friday, Nov 7 2008, 4pm, MIT 46-3002
Terrence J. Sejnowski

Google Brain"The brain is not just a computing device: It is also a powerful communication network, with the total bandwidth of signaling between neurons comparable to that of the entire World Wide Web. How is all the traffic between brain areas regulated? How does the brain store and ( Read more... )

MIT -- Special Lecture Series on

Statistical Physics of Algorithms (or Belief Propagation and Beyond)

Michael (Misha) Chertkov (Theory Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory ( Read more... )

Lev Loseff
“Brodsky, Chekhov and We” ((Literature and Culture Seminar)
Thursday, March 13, 4:15 pm - 6 pm
CGIS South, Room S354
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA

I was in New York City last weekend -- there is a pretty nice light-and-music show at the Grand Central Terminal going through December. ( Read more... )

James Waston, the co-discoverer of the DNA structure, will discuss his new book, "Avoid Boring People".( Read more... )