Cognitive Architecture

The assignment: Sum up the entire first half of my Cognitive Architecture seminar into five principles, in one page or less, using language that could be understood by any semi-intelligent human being.

What I did: Turned the assignment on its head and created a vivid presentation showcasing each of the principles I identified (with a total amount of text occupying about one page).

The result?

'Her': On Truly Artifically Intelligent Assistants

The future promises the perfection of artificially intelligent personal assistants. 'Her', the recent movie starring Joaquin Pheonix and ScarJo as his "OS" delivers a compelling vision of a future in which intelligent personal assistants can be interacted as easily as with the person right next to you. Without spoiling much of the plot, I will say the lead character falls in love with his OS, which is contained within a small phone-like gadget and an earpiece, and they have to struggle to work out what a human-computer relationship means. It's a surprisingly powerful story that truly left me with questions such as "What is life?" and "What makes humans human?" and left my friends with questions such as "Is this even possible?" In this future, the humans interact with an "OS" (operating system) that, while initially as intelligent as a human, has access to a much wider array of knowledge and learns much faster than we simp...

Silent Push Notifications on Google Chrome

First, I would recommend you read (or skim) the Google Developers post on Push Notifications on Google Chrome . The following are a few excerpts that caught my eye: You’ll notice that we show a notification even when there is an error. This is because if we don’t, Chrome will show it’s own generic notification. See also: When can I use push without showing notifications (i.e. silent background push)? There is no timeline for when this will be available yet, but there is an intent to implement background sync and while it’s not decided or spec’d, there is some discussion of enabling silent push with background sync. And under the limitations section: you have to show a notification when you receive a push message At the time I first experimented with the Push API for Google Chrome, the first quote wasn't in the blog post, though the second two were. Being a naturally inquisitive creature, I wondered why you had to show a notifications, and mor...

Ruben Martinez Jr.

Search This Blog