# HG changeset patch # User Robert McIntyre # Date 1395611956 14400 # Node ID ae3bfc82ac7c6a2953691d9c68af8f4937171164 # Parent d52bff980f0d97fad8eeecc14485a26ae508d33a on dylan's suggestion, rewriting abstract to show hand more. diff -r d52bff980f0d -r ae3bfc82ac7c thesis/abstract.org --- a/thesis/abstract.org Sun Mar 23 16:38:32 2014 -0400 +++ b/thesis/abstract.org Sun Mar 23 17:59:16 2014 -0400 @@ -28,3 +28,7 @@ creature is doing and feeling, using straightforward embodied action predicates. This is all demonstrated with using a simple worm-like creature, and recognizing worm-actions in video. + + +empathy is important +cortex tests that idea \ No newline at end of file diff -r d52bff980f0d -r ae3bfc82ac7c thesis/cortex.org --- a/thesis/cortex.org Sun Mar 23 16:38:32 2014 -0400 +++ b/thesis/cortex.org Sun Mar 23 17:59:16 2014 -0400 @@ -4,6 +4,51 @@ #+description: Using embodied AI to facilitate Artificial Imagination. #+keywords: AI, clojure, embodiment +-- show hand + +* Embodiment is a critical component to Intelligence + +* To explore embodiment, we need a world, body, and senses + +* Because of Time, simulation is perferable to reality + +* Video game engines are a great starting point + +* Bodies are composed of segments connected by joints + +* Eyes reuse standard video game components + +* Hearing is hard; =CORTEX= does it right + +* Touch uses hundreds of hair-like elements + +* Proprioception is the force that makes everything ``real'' + +* Muscles are both effectors and sensors + +* =CORTEX= brings complex creatures to life! + +* =CORTEX= enables many possiblities for further research + +* =CORTEX= User Guide + +* Empathy in a simulated worm + +* Embodiment factors action recognition into managable parts + +* Action recognition is easy with a full gamut of senses + +* Digression: bootstrapping with multiple senses + +* \Phi-space describes the worm's experiences + +* Empathy is the process of tracing though \Phi-space + +* Efficient action recognition via empathy + +* Contributions + + * Vision System for understanding what the actors in a video are doing --