Computers can now be trained better than ever before to be able to predict what a human being plans to do, according to a new study published Thursday. Using a combination of technologies, including pattern recognition software and functional magnetic resonance imaging, the authors of the study investigated whether a computer could predict ahead of time which of two set tasks a subject had planned to do. What they found was that the computer was accurate about 70 percent of the time.
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Computers Learning to Read Human Intentions
Posted by: Katherine Noyes February 9, 2007 01:57 PMComputers can now be trained better than ever before to be able to predict what a human being plans to do, according to a new study published Thursday. Using a combination of technologies, including pattern recognition software and functional magnetic resonance imaging, the authors of the study investigated whether a computer could predict ahead of time which of two set tasks a subject had planned to do. What they found was that the computer was accurate about 70 percent of the time.