Peter Lundblad, by all conventional definitions, would be considered a programming guru. He is a leading contributor to Subversion, an open sourced code management project – a widely used system. For his talents, Peter is also employed by Google (Google Code implements Subversion to host open source projects). Though what makes his story inspirational, is [...]
In a pursuit to beat the Turing Test, many Artificial Intelligence enthusiasts have been putting together chatbots, to varying degrees of success. As software begins to approach something that at least creates a perception of an “intelligent” conversation, the Discover Magazine has arranged for something incredibly fun. That was to have A.L.I.C.E. and Jabberwacky, two [...]
There is something that I have noticed about students studying for Computer Science tests, especially at the high school level – it seems that many study to pass the test, but not to understand the concepts involved. It’s a ridiculous scene – watching students pace down the hallway before an exam, reciting bubble sort (and [...]