EVE on KSL
March 28, 2018
EVE’s on tv! Last week Sam Penrod from KSL News visited our lab to chat with EVE and learn about our process. … More EVE on KSL
Author: Nancy Fulda
EVE FAQ
February 22, 2018
What is EVE? Eve is a conversational AI system designed to function with Amazon’s Alexa. Unlike most Alexa skills, EVE can participate in free-form discussion on a wide variety of topics. How well can EVE converse? Right now, not very well. We started this project a few weeks ago, and are still putting the code infrastructure … More EVE FAQ
What Can You Do with a Rock?
September 23, 2017
Our work for the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Australia, 2017) was picked up by a number of media outlets. Read some of our favorites. … More What Can You Do with a Rock?
Vectors for Common-sense Reasoning
August 9, 2017
The physical world is filled with constraints. You can open a door, but only if it isn’t locked. You can douse a fire, but only if a fire is present. Research in our laboratory shows that this common-sense knowledge can be encapsulated in word vectors and used to improve agent performance on linguistic reasoning tasks. … More Vectors for Common-sense Reasoning
Robots that Know What You’re Thinking
June 13, 2017
If you knew what I was going to do next, how would your actions change?
Theory of mind describes an agent’s ability to model the intents, beliefs or desires of others – A difficult task because the agent’s mental state is hidden and can only be approximated using observations. This process produces high levels of uncertainty. … More Robots that Know What You’re Thinking
Hey Siri, can we simplify?
May 23, 2017
Faculty Advisor David Wingate has received a National Science Foundation Career Grant for his work combining Bayesian models with probabilistic programming. … More Hey Siri, can we simplify?
What is Probabilistic Programming, Anyway?
April 26, 2017
Probabilistic programming has become a hot buzzword lately, but if you’re like me, you’ll learn to pronounce all the syllables long before you understand what it’s good for. This post gives a layman’s introduction, plus a few helpful links. … More What is Probabilistic Programming, Anyway?
Perception, Control, Cognition 