There's times when I really wonder why I signed back up for this job. Seems like whenever I think I've got a handle on something, something *else* flies up at me and I'm having to deal with that instead of the original project at hand. And it's usually paperwork that's the problem as opposed to real work; which frustrates me all the more ( Read more... )

This whole incident I've been discussing with dr_nikki and KITT lately has been not the least bit distressing for me, both as a programmer and as someone who just can't imagine the thought of being immobile, trapped in your own mind, day after day ( Read more... )

Probably somewhat obscure, but I'd love to have dinner with Frank Rosenblatt - a pioneer of AI programming in its earliest days. He created the Perceptron back in 1957; the first machine that could 'learn' to identify and recognize optical patterns. The concept, the idea of neural networks had been discussed and theorised before, but this was the ( Read more... )

Ugh. Things just get more and more complex as the days go on. I wonder occasionally if it was such a good idea to come out of 'retirement' and come back to FLAG.

dr_nikki is back, but her work is somewhat limited due to the hand injury she received while working on Dante. The real trick right now is going to be restoring trust - on both sides. It's hard ( Read more... )

I'm here late again, as always. Seems I've found myself going over the old AI projects that for some reason or another didn't work out. I want to see if we can salvage anything, maybe even retrieve some of the code, at least. Find out what went wrong. I hate leaving things unfinished - it's one of my pet peeves ( Read more... )

Guilty pleasures... we all have them. They're a sort of escape from the world, from the drudgery of Real LifeTM. I don't see why so many people think they have to feel guilty about them, though. Everyone needs a break sometime ( Read more... )

I never really thought of myself as a journal-keeping type... KITT has been experimenting with one - he asked permission some time ago and I thought it might provide some valuable social interactions that he doesn't usually get the chance to share while he's 'on the job ( Read more... )