Πρωτοποριακο προγραμμα καταλαβαινει τα ανθρωπινα αστεια
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:47 am
δεν ξερω μου φανηκε εξαιρετικα ενδιαφερον που ενα προγραμμα καταλαβαινει ποτε 1 ανθρωπος λεει αστεια..
August 02, 2007 08:48am
Article from: Agence France-Presse
EXPERTS in artificial intelligence have built a computer program that can understand simple jokes, marking an important step in making robots seem friendlier to humans.
Previous attempts at getting machines to understand humour have failed miserably, because what is funny to humans is subjective and complex - and fiendishly difficult to program.
But, says New Scientist, Julia Taylor and Lawrence Mazlack of the University of Cincinnati in Ohio have devised a prototype joke-detection software.
They began by loading a program with a database of words, extracted from a children's dictionary to keep things simple, and then supplied it with examples of how the same word can have different meanings depending on the context.
When presented with a text, the program uses that knowledge to work out how new words may relate to each other, and what they probably mean.
If it fails to find a word that matches its context, it rummages around in a digital pronunciation guide for similar-sounding words.
And if any of those words are a better fit for the rest of the sentence, the passage is flagged, ha ha, as a joke.
So far, the joke-bot only understands rather leaden puns and still delivers a blank look when facing more complex stuff or dead-pan humour.
Even so, the researchers hope it will add a kindlier touch to robots of the near-future which will act as human companions or helpers.
Here's an example of what tickles a circuit board:
- Mother to boy: "My, you've been working in the garden a lot this summer.''
- Boy: "I have to, because teacher told me to work a lot'' (thus a pun on working the soil and doing schoolwork).
They may have more work to do eh?
