Baculus Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Microsoft Sets Its Sights on Artificial Intelligence James Niccolai, IDG News Service Tue Jun 20, 8:00 AM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060620/tc_pcworld/126177 Microsoft released the preview version of a software toolkit for building robot applications today, pledging to ignite the robot market in the same way it did the PC market some 20 years ago. The software maker sees robotics as being on the verge of a rapid take-off, fuelled by the availability of cheap, high-performance hardware components. But the market is being held back by a need for better tools and a common software platform that will let applications be reused on different types of robots, according to Microsoft. Enter its Robotics Studio, a package of tools and runtime software that the company will demonstrate Tuesday at the RoboBusiness conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A technical preview of the software is available now for free download. It is aimed at all types of robot builders, from commercial users to academics and hobbyists. Click here for the rest of the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Terminator Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Wait a minute.....Artificial intelligence was already perfected the first time a blonde was handed a diploma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fight_on_til_you_have_won Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 I'll believe it when I see it. Bill Gates has been telling us that speech-recognition would be dominant within the next decade for the past decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 I'll believe it when I see it. Bill Gates has been telling us that speech-recognition would be dominant within the next decade for the past decade. own a cell phone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xameil Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 own a cell phone? my thoughts exactly....if I have the bluetooth earpiece on, I don't even have to look at my phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fight_on_til_you_have_won Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 own a cell phone? I'm not talking about cell phones, I'm talking about personal computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 I'm not talking about cell phones, I'm talking about personal computers. the speech recognition software in xp is decent....once you train it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soliloquy Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Nothing in that article had anything to do with artificial intelligence. Other than the headline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Nothing in that article had anything to do with artificial intelligence.Other than the headline. That was my thought as well. Maybe I just have high standards, but Artificial Intelligence is far more than programming a robot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drums and skins Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Nothing in that article had anything to do with artificial intelligence.Other than the headline. Yea...it read as an advertisement for a new Microsoft endeavor. ...and if you're complaining about voice recognition not being solid for PCs, you haven't really tried hard. Go get buy a copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking. ...and saying "you're not talking about cell phones" is pretty silly as well. This basically says that you recognize cell phone speech recognition is acceptable...but cell phones are just specialized computers, which also have their own operating system. The only problem with PC voice recognition is that you're talking about an entire language as opposed to "call home" "dial three zero one ....." or however that works. It requires a lot of training, more than most people would care to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamingwolf Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I dont care about who invents what, I just want to be Reese and bang that chick with the 80's hair so my seed gets to bang that big faced girl and save all the humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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