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3400 BCE
Writing
The invention of writing, when a person's story or emotions can be expressed upon stone and shared with others for centuries. Although the writing can be read differently depending upon the readers emotion or situation. -
The self Driving Car
GM was he first to invent the self-driving car which was on display at the World's fair. These cars have to make constant decisions on the road, and have the ability to weigh which decisions are more important than the others.For instance the trolly problem, If the car had to choose to save the drovers life, or the pedestrian, which would it choose? This isn't an easy decision to make, but it is interesting to see the preference of the car. -
The Bombe Machine
A machine (basically the first computer) that would decrypt German codes, it would find all possibilities of the code message being transmitted and then find the best possible answer. In other words, the computer would make decisions on how to decode messages, deciding which letters are which. -
Unimate: The First Industrial Robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxsWeVtb-JQ This was the first industrial robot replacing many assembly workers at GM. This robot is suited with a computer that provides tasks for it to perform in the toxic preparations for automobiles. This robot also starred in "The Tonight Show," playing golf and pouring beer. This machine can learn how to perform tasks when directed. -
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A.I. Winter
This gap of time had no AI advancements or inventions. There were only false starts and dead ends. -
Kismet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KRZX5KL4fA https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15921480-800-meet-kismet/ This is a robot that learns social intelligence similar to an infant. The inventor has created Kismet with the basic facial features to express and emotional state, as well having the same sensory abilities as a baby (e.g., sight and stimulus). This robot can feel lonely, sad, anger, and tired when exposed to the right situations. This is an exact comparison to how an infant. -
Roomba
A robot vacuum cleaner that learns to navigate a household and times to clean. This little device will learn the layout of someones home and convenient times to be turned on. This was a mass produced product for the convenience of homeowners. -
Siri
A personal assistant to every Apple user.
This program learns about the user's voice, face, and activity to make decisions that will provide maximum convenience. -
YouFlix
A video streaming program that can detect how someone feels by sensing their biological state through the remote, and then find a show determined by the users emotional state. -
DoorFlash
An app on the phone that detects and keeps track of what someone has been eating. From here it can sense and make a calculated decision on what to order and from where to eat. Knowing what someone has previously ate, and picking up on favorite foods in certain situations. This app will take in information through how someones body reacts to particular foods.
