hello im new here so bare with me.

I find the field of AI research amazing and would like to know who is at the forefront of this research.

MIT, the Japanese?

we seem to already have computers and robots that can mimic what we do but we still are far from a machine that wants to . has anyone created a "curiosity" program? or a program that records its own experiances?

I mean .... we humans are basicly walking hard drives that record our experiances and apply what we have learned to new tasks. our emotions help keep us nice to each other and our curiosity motivate us to learn something new.

we may never give a machine a soul or Ghost (if you belive in such) but a working interactive AI sounds probable to me .

can some one point me to the best information?

hi EH32.

I used Google again and searched for 'current AI research' [without the quotes].

it's good and it's fast - take a look yourself.

while on the subject, can somebody tell me:
is the movie "Blade Runner" set in a post Tek Singularity world? and why?

thanks for the referances!
hmmmmm... ill have to rent "Blade Runner" again its been awhile since ive seen it.

The singularity isn't knowable, so how can a science fiction book or movie be based on it?

I agree, there are a few good post Technological Singularity Cyberpunk stories out there .

here are 2 of my favorites both written by Masamune Shirow witch have also been made into Japanese animeted Movies.

Ghost in the shell-

Ghost in the Shell is set in a future not that far from today, and some think that it is an accurate portrayal of the world that will come about in that time-frame. It focuses on the idea of what will happen when technology becomes so powerful that humanity will fuse with it almost entirely. The Internet is the technology used in Ghost in the Shell to show this in the best way. When the Internet achieves such power, people start getting cybernetic brain implants to link their minds to it - thinking that it will make their life easier. However, people always fail to realize that the more complex something becomes, the higher the chances that disorders will start to arise. The Puppet Master - the so-called villain - is depicted as a type of disorder that arises from the vast sea of information created by the Internet. Being aware of it's own existence, the Puppet Master can be called conscious or even alive, a valid point that it tries to make in this film. And since it is the child born from the Internet, its goanna have access to everything linked to the Internet - meaning that it could hack into the minds of anyone who is connected. A certain hack occurs that leaves a person with fake implanted memories. But is it better to live a depressing reality or a happy and meaningful illusion?
Ghost in the Shell's two major protagonists are Kusanagi and Batou - both from an organization called Section 9, which deals with public security. A film that is quite heavy in philosophy and somewhat mediocre in action, mixed with artificial intelligence and that dark, gloomy feeling - creating the perfect recipe and making it not only my favorite anime, but also my favorite motion picture.

Appleseed-

Earth's last city, Olympus, rose from the ashes of a global war on the backs of Bioroids, artificial clones who make up half the city's population. Under the strict guidance of a supercomputer, humanity's last survivors enjoy an idyllic peace, but only on the surface Human terrorists within the military seek a return to power and clash with the government's ESWAT forces lead by the legendary soldier, Deunan Knute, and her boyfriend who is 75% machine. Retrieving the Appleseed will end the conflict, and Deunan alone holds its secret.

just my 2cents

Quoting from "The Consciousness Singularity" on this site by Shawn Mikula:

"The 'Consciousness Singularity' refers to a hypothetical point of time in the future ... that is conceptually impossible for us to imagine..."

If part of the definition of the singularity is impossibility of imagining, then no science fiction story can possibly be about it.

just go to bed!

"Android" comes from the Greek word meaning "husband." We base the female counterpart's name on the Greek word for "wife," (oes) as you have indicated. However, I don't think that sexual reproduction for machines has been invented yet, so coining a name for a female humaniform robot (Asimov's name for an android) is probably premature.

Wonder, maybe. Any speculation in the face ot the tech singularity will be way off the mark.

A technological singularity is probably not possible anyway. Apparently exponential trends usually peter out into sigmoidal functions. Moore's law is already showing signs of fatigue.

Here are some more examples:

1. Miles of railroad track: it underwent "exponential" growth in the 19th centrury, but went retrograde in the 1950s.

2. General transportation speed: from ox cart through railroad through airplane, it was exponential until the mid 20th century. Now it's flat. The Boeing 707 I flew to Europe on in the 1960s was 100 mph faster than the Airbus A380 that will fly in the near future.

3. Space travel: men drove cars on the moon in the mid-20th century. 40 years later we just circle the Earth.

Agreed.