Right, they’ll teach this old pony a new trick…
BBC NEWS | Technology | Online worlds to be AI incubators
Online worlds such as Second Life will soon become training grounds for artificial intelligences.Researchers at US firm Novamente have created software that learns by controlling avatars in virtual worlds.
Initially the AIs will be embodied in pets that will get smarter by interacting with the avatars controlled by their human owners.
Novamente said it eventually aimed to create more sophisticated avatars such as talking parrots and even babies.