Artificial Intelligence

Henry Markram, director of the Blue Brain Project, told the TED Global conference in Oxford that a synthetic human brain can be created in the next ten years.

Aug 2, 2009 - Jeremy Small

Constructing a fully functional human brain from electronic parts may be achieved within a decade.

Jul 24, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

Automakers have used crash test dummies for several decades to simulate car accidents. Newer virtual dummies, however, can be more similar to human flesh and bone.

Jan 9, 2009 - D. Yvette Wohn

Alan Turing devised a game which aimed to prove a computer could be as intelligent as a person: Can Weizenbaum's program Eliza do that successfully?

Oct 19, 2008 - Sabrina Louise Webb

The truth of artificial intelligence is broken down into two groups: weak A.I. which is basically a computer manipulating formulas and strong A.I. that can think freely.

Jul 18, 2008 - Brody Slostad

Alan Turing devised the Imitation game, now known as the Turing test, as a means of testing whether a machine could think and be intelligent in the way a person could.

Jul 6, 2008 - Sabrina Louise Webb