Researcher Builds Machines That Daydream

An effort to develop algorithms that would enable computers to think freely and convey emotions was discussed recently at the World Computer Congress in Brisbane, Australia. Murdoch University professor Graham Mann says intelligent systems should have emotions built into them before they can function.

"I believe that it is possible--if we start to model the way human beings reason about things--to achieve much more flexible processing of storylines, plans, even understanding how human beings behave," he says.

The machine freely associated three stories: The Thirsty Pigeon; The Cat and the Cock; and The Wolf and the Crane.

When queried on the association, the machine responded: "I felt sad for the bird.".

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Why human see in color? Changizi's idea

Mark Changizi , director of Human Cognition at 2AI Labs; answer to "Why we see in color?" in these interviews.

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He says that the human eye evolved to s

ee colors in part to glean what another person feels by detecting subtle color changes in their skin. The brain really cares about seeing the small differences of skin color.

You can discern a lot about what’s going on in their brains, what their mood is, what their state is, what their current emotion is. Changizi added that being able to see colors can also clue people in to the health of others.

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Brain knows how to use Diversity

Like snowflakes, no two neurons are exactly alike, But it’s not the size or shape that sets one neuron apart from another, it’s the way it responds to incoming stimuli. Carnegie Mellon university researchers discovered that diversity is vital to comprehensive brain function. Their research published in Nature Neuroscience.
Typically neuroscientists average to obtain their results, assuming that the variability is a “bug of biology"
“When we think about computer chips, variability in hardware clearly can be very destructive. Manufacturers spend a lot of time and expense making sure each processor on a chip is identical,” Urban said. “The brain is considered to be one of the most sophisticated computers there is. We were intrigued by the idea that the brain might make use of the messy, complex nature of its biological hardware to function more efficiently.”
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colored words and Mark Changizi's idea

I found out using colored words in a text make it much easier to read. Maybe it's because of Mark Changizi's finding: for understanding emotions, we are able to see in color not for finding fruits.
So colored words will help us to read and understand a text by involving our emotions. ;)