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Kindal Side Hero Username: Kindal Post Number: 2391 Registered: 09-2007 Posted From: 14.139.128.20 Rating: N/A |
A robot has for the first time displayed the human trait of self-awareness while attempting to solve a classic logic puzzle, scientists say. In the puzzle known as The King's Wise Men, three wise men are given hats of either white or blue, with the guarantee that at least one of the hats is blue. The men are not allowed to speak to each other - the first man to stand up and correctly announce the colour of his hat wins. For the robot's self-awareness test, Selmer Bringsjord, from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute AI and Reasoning Lab in New York, used three of French robotics company Aldebaran's humanoid Nao robots. He had programmed these with a proprietary algorithm called Deontic Cognitive Event Calculus, which enables the robots to carry out reasoning, 'CNET' reported. Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/technology/story/robot-passes-s elf-awareness-test-for-first-time/1/454371.html For in India, Bhakti or what may be called the path of devotion or hero-worship, plays a part in its politics unequalled in magnitude by the part it plays in the politics of any other country in the world. Bhakti in religion may be a road to the salvation of the soul. But in politics, Bhakti or hero-worship is a sure road to degradation and to eventual dictatorship. |