I loved the movie on Ansgar as it reminded me of myself when I am trying to learn new things on the computer and get stressed out. Sometimes in class, I want to just say "Stop-lets do that again. I haven't quite got it." The movie was quite comical. I found Bradford to be amazing as I'm sure that is the direction we are heading. The one thing we don't currently have today is the ability for our computers to interact verbally with us as if they were a virtual person who could assume the role of secretary for us taking messages and returning phone calls.
I found an article on AI under the link: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=technology&res=9401E2d71639F934A25,and according to it, Artificial Intelligence is coming to your personal computer in a sure but limited way. According to the article in the New York Times, new software is being released in the Fall of 2008 that will " allow the user to tell the computer in plain English what to do. It is being introduced by Symantek.
Another system available allows you to query your computer on a specialty topic with complex questions, and the computer will query back, "guiding one through the maze of stored knowledge. In addition, a program called Ractor is available that allows you to actually have a conversation with your computer by typing in questions. Your computer then responds to you. As you can see, Artificial Intelligence has arrived, and will be improving daily. I bet Bradford will be here before we know it.
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Like you said, I also could definitely relate to the Ansgar clip. I to find myself to be pretty far behind sometimes with the latest technology.
I guess what we need to do is to take classes like this one so that we are at least trying to keep up. Just being willing to learn about the latest is a big step in the right direction. I don't think I will ever be what they cll a "tech geek" always wanting the latest and newest. Heck, I'm still using the VCR and have analog TV's but I'm working on it. I'm sure there is a flat screen in my future and I am learning alot in this class. Good luck to you too.
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