Researcher builds machines that daydream

By Liz Tay on Sep 22, 2010 2:29PM

Linked gallery: Photos: World Computer Congress 2010

Algorithms let robots reflect and meditate.

Perth computer scientist Graham Mann was developing algorithms to simulate "free thinking" and emotion. Speaking at the World Computer Congress in Brisbane this week, the Murdoch University professor described efforts to translate the "feel" of Aesop's Fables for machines. Today's...

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