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Two A.I. ChatBots Attempt a Conversation

While artificial intelligence cleverbots usually learn from “conversations,” with real people, the Creative Machines Lab at Cornell wanted to see what would happen if two ChatBots had a conversation with each other. This video is proof of two things: The researchers at Cornell are quite good at building autonomous systems that can design and create...

Bile Bear Farm Horrors: Mother Bear Kills Cub and Then Itself
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Bile Bear Farm Horrors: Mother Bear Kills Cub and Then Itself

If the Sarah Mclachlan ASPCA ad for abused animals makes your heart sink, the idea of caged bears kept under inhumane conditions to have their gall bladders milked daily for use as a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) might bring you to tears. Even more heart wrenching is a recent report of a mother bear killing...

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Kim Kardashian’s Nuptials Will Be Bigger Than The Royal Wedding

Just days after Kim Kardashian received a 20.5-carat engagement ring from her NBA star boyfriend, Kris Humphries, the wedding chatter has begun in a big way. A royally big way, in fact, as Kim has not minced words about wanting her nuptials to contend with William and Kate’s royal wedding which, incidentally, I sat up...