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completeing first third of first chapter.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:59:35 -0400
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     1.1 --- a/thesis/abstract.org	Sun Mar 23 23:43:20 2014 -0400
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     1.4  curling and wiggling.
     1.5  
     1.6  To attack the action recognition problem, I developed a computational
     1.7 -model of empathy (=EMPATH=) which allows me to use simple, embodied
     1.8 -representations of actions (which require rich sensory data), even
     1.9 -when that sensory data is not actually available. The missing sense
    1.10 -data is ``imagined'' by the system by combining previous experiences
    1.11 -gained from unsupervised free play.
    1.12 +model of empathy (=EMPATH=) which allows me to recognize actions using
    1.13 +simple, embodied representations of actions (which require rich
    1.14 +sensory data), even when that sensory data is not actually
    1.15 +available. The missing sense data is ``imagined'' by the system by
    1.16 +combining previous experiences gained from unsupervised free play.
    1.17  
    1.18  In order to build this empathic, action-recognizing system, I created
    1.19  a program called =CORTEX=, which is a complete platform for embodied