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LegoLoom Part 2: Existing Work
After thinking for a bit about a mechanical device that computes a fake punched card for the 1800s Jaquard loom, I figured it appropriate to first look at mechanical logic done with Legos. Fortunately, some enterprising people have already created…
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LegoLoom Part 1: Background
The other weekend I experience the pleasure and fascination of visiting the Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum. While there, my friend and I perused the loom room Weaver’s Barn. At first, I’m shocked that people spend time weaving, as…
Cognitive Bias in Artificial Intelligence
I believe that artificial intelligence will suffer from cognitive biases, just as humans do. They might be altogether different kinds of bias, I won’t speculate about the details. I came to this conclusion by reading “Thinking Fast and Slow” by…
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Designing a GUI for Automated Testing
The Problem and Its Solutions If we were living in a perfect world, the business logic would be separated from the presentation layer. Since Rave sits atop a rich GUI, where event handlers can execute arbitrary code, there exists a…
Self Replicating Robots
I had a nice discussion with Elvee today about robots. One of the problems with robots is that of self-replication. In order to create an electronic life-form, we need to gift robots with the ability to reproduce on their own….