-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Billie Walsh wrote:
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I don't think I've ever seen anyone give a time frame for this sort of thing. It IS in the future somewhere. But not impossible to achieve.
a) To do this you need good pattern recognition. Neural net based applications a still more than a bit limited in accuracy, reliability and range of usage. Finger scanning yes, facial recognition not yet by a long way.
b) The cognitive A.I. to deal with the semantics, intent, and action interpretation of human activity does not exist outside the lab.
"outside the lab" Does that mean that it's IN the lab?
Been in the 'lab' for quite some time... since 1960s at least...
I'm sure such things are still a few years in the future but............
It's a ridiculously stupid idea to think that this sort of thing will be in a coffee-table in every one's home While I would not call it stupid, I think something like holographic keyboards and displays are likely to be more cost effective (and you would not need a special table).... This kind of stuff is not new or original ....
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People also were saying that we would be have an active base on the Moon by 2000, and we have not been back for 20 years or so....
If you look some of the futurogist predictions from the 1950, 1960 and 1970 of what we would have and be doing now and compare them to what we actually have the incongruences can be startling.
But, on the other hand some of the congruences are startling also. That's the problem with predicting the future. It changes from where you are to where you wind up. "We" could have moon bases if things had progressed from where we were to that end. We had the ability but not the will. People said it was costing WAY to much money to fire people up into space. What wasn't seen was that money went into jobs here in the good ol' USofA.
Once Kennedy's vision was met the whole country lost the will for space travel. It wasn't a failure of technology.
futurology reminds of the the Monty Python sketch ... the one where the old women agree that astrology reading was good that although it got the green six foot lizard bit wrong they were right about the glasses...
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Then there's the Star Trek computer. Well.............maybe not quite THAT computer but voice interface. I've never actually tried working with it but I have seen demos of voice recognition software that were <snip>
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I wouldn't count out the keyboard just yet but there are technologies out there that could go a long way towards moving it to the back of the desk. Also wouldn't say that the keyboard will ever go completely away. When the high tech stuff breaks the keyboard will still work. And more than that, among someone who is skilled, it's far more reliable than voice recognition ever will be. Fingers don't have drawls, twangs, or other vocal accents. I still remember trying to train Via Voice when it was set to train from an American accent... the training slightly self destructed on the occasional outbursts of hysterical laughter caused by some of the more ridiculous interpretations of what was being said...
UK english was only marginally better (or worse depending on viewpoint..)
I saw a demonstration at a computer show several years ago. A VERY nice looking young lady [ probably more of the guys were watching her than the screen ] and it was remarkable. Now that was a set script, optimized, with, I'm sure, many MANY hours of practice with that particular computer and young lady. Nothing like a "real world" test of the software, but it did show some possibilities.
Yes punctuation has to be defines. However, while we still use written documentation the keyboard is the fastest and most efficient way of creating text. A good keyboard can achieve data input speeds that exceed speech, stylus or any other current or proposed input mechanism. What voice recognition could provide is a humanised interface in situations where keyboard is not appropriate or required. <snip> - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHhzjgasN0sSnLmgIRAnSGAJoDzIWhOOaYYXTs2J1XeTcyclSSRACfXrPA kVJbI6sFxxUgIIiEsfQAago= =16Fn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org