Scientist at Auckland University have designed a virtual baby that learns. Called #BabyX the computer programme can recognise words and images (shown). When spoken to the machine responds just like a real baby would. Using algorithms BabyX is trained to respond to certain situations. The artificial baby girl is being developed by the Auckland Bioengineering Institute Laboratory for Animate Technologies in New Zealand. The virtual baby’s ‘brain’ is composed of algorithms that deduce what is good and bad. Researchers program the brain to respond to certain commands, and also use recognition tools to allow it to identify words and images. For example when a researcher holds up the word ‘milk’, the baby identifies the letters and says the word. Reinforcement learning like this, similar to a real baby, helps BabyX decide how to react to certain situations. > We are developing multidisciplinary technologies to create interactive autonomously animated systems which will define the next generation of human computer interaction and facial animation, the researchers from Auckland University write on their website.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:08:58 +0000
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