A COMPUTERISED toddler called Hal is the first artificial intelligence
program to “understand” everyday language, say its creators. They believe that
if they can give it the linguistic abilities of a five-year-old, we will soon be
able to converse with our computers naturally—and possibly hang up our
keyboards for good.
Developed by Artificial Intelligence Enterprises (Ai) of Tel Aviv, Israel,
the software-based toddler is said to have fooled independent experts into
believing they were reading conversations between an adult and a real
15-month-old child.
Ai’s chief scientist Jason Hutchens compares the potential impact of the
technology to the invention…
