Future Applications!

[Pekka]

Ok guys, let's hear your ideas about what is needed in the computer software world. So, I've been thinking about few things myself, but later found out they have already been made and are not that new thing.

I'm not trying to steal any ideas, my programming skills are not that high that I could make something significant that isn't already made, at least not yet .

So, what is needed, and what you guys want and/or expect future will SOON give us?

Doesn't have to be anything massive, like new OS, can be just little things too.

[Pekka]

ALSO, if you know any interesting programming projects, that maybe has a website too, please tell us something about it (general info) and then provide us link to it.

[Spiffor]

Civ4, with a round, full 3d map of the globe.

[Pekka]

Ok, good one Spiffor, but let's rule out games and patches to games.......

[korn469]

an interface controlled by your thoughs

[Pekka]

korn469, in near future.. No sci-fi please... Yeah it would be cool, but it's not very realistic at this moment.

[Asher]

1) Real, reliable voice recognition
2) Real, reliable Image recognition (security, and for things like the screen adjusting itself depending where you're looking)
3) True "everything is networked" world
4) Intelligent AI that is capable of learning

[Pekka]

Good ones Asher

Do you know any interesting projects going on, or about to be launched and perhaps website to it?

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Pekka
korn469, in near future.. No sci-fi please... Yeah it would be cool, but it's not very realistic at this moment.

About 10 years ago, computers that fit in your hand weren't realistic either

[Pekka]

Comrade Tassadar, Sure.. but 10 years in this scene is a long time.. I'm talking something like... in the next few years.

[Asher]

Well my uni in particular is working on the "monitor can recognize where you're looking" model, and even has prototypes working. And IBM and Intel are both pouring tons of money into voice and image recognition.

[Pekka]

Asher, really? That's awesome. So, soon you'll be able to control mouse functions with your eyes? Good one for people that are paralyzed from the neck down. Is that your goal, or are there other uses for this kind of thing? Naturally it can be used in gaming, I bet that would give something new to for example war games.. .

Voice and image recognition naturally is available already, so it's more about making them reliable I guess.

[Spiffor]

Asher :
By "learning AI", you mean an AI that is capable of rewriting its own code according to the circumstances and its own adaptation patterns (both pre-programmed by humans and programmed by itself) ?

I have thought about this, and I think such a program would rapidly become a very very slow monster, as it's had to check an always bigger program to know how to adapt to any new situation, and the result would be would make the program even bigger...

[Pekka]

Spiffor, that's why you need skilled programming, so it can compare which method is the best, the old or the new suggested one, and then goes with the better one?

[Asher]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Asher :
By "learning AI", you mean an AI that is capable of rewriting its own code according to the circumstances and its own adaptation patterns (both pre-programmed by humans and programmed by itself) ?

I have thought about this, and I think such a program would rapidly become a very very slow monster, as it's had to check an always bigger program to know how to adapt to any new situation, and the result would be would make the program even bigger...

It doesn't need to be reprogrammed, but it would require a ton of storage and advanced hardware.

It's all about decisions and learning from your mistakes. For example, if the AI tried to touch something, and it was electrocuted, it would store memory about the conditions of what he just did, and the outcome. The next time when he sees similar conditions, he'd remember the outcome.

It's that basic concept, made a lot more complex. It doesn't need to reprogram itself, just needs to add more cases and eventually start generalizing (almost like data mining). With generalization techniques, and fuzzy logic, it can determine what to do based on probability.