One of my favorite bloggers, artist James Gurney, posted recently about Cleverbot, an artificial intelligence algorithm that ostensibly has very human-like responses. So I gave it a whirl. Not quite sure what I think of the results.
Showing posts with label automaton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label automaton. Show all posts
30 September 2011
05 January 2011
VIDEO: Automata Aplenty
Back in November, in a post titled VIDEOS: Mechanical Life Forms, I included several links to videos of automata, mechanical, self-operating machines that typically mimic human actions. Heather McDougal, in her always fascinating and thoughtful blog Cabinet of Wonders recently added another set of videos, including the one shown above of the tapping fingers automaton. Here's the link to that post.
27 November 2010
VIDEOS: Mechanical Life Forms
One of my favorite books, The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press, 2007; ISBN: 978-0439813785) has as a central plot element the rediscovery of a mechanical man, an automaton. In this era of CGI special effects and Pixar-style animation, the technology and sophistication of these creations is rare and astounding.
L'Androïde de Marie-Antoinette
[from the YouTube description: "Follow the exhibition's curators in search of the most important, mysterious and unexpected works presented in Versailles in the exhibition "Sciences and Curiosities at the Court of Versailles".
26 October 2010 -- 27 February 2011."
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Henri Maillardet's Automaton at The Franklin Institute Science Museum
[from the YouTube description: "Stored in the brass memory of The Franklin Institute's automaton built by Henri Maillardet in 1810 are four drawings and three poems. In this video, the automaton reproduces a poem."
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Excerpt from Princely Toys, a classic automaton film from 1976.
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