In concert with the current Congressional trend towards patent reform, the days appear numbered for the granting of broad-ranging patents, as reflected in the newly issued patent for emotional artificial intelligence (#7,236,963) targeting the lighter side of the human emotions. This innovation builds upon a pre-existing patent (#6,587,846) granted in 2003 to John E. LaMuth concerning the more serious side to human communication encompassing the traditional listings of virtues, values, and ideals. This enduring contrast between the serious and light-hearted aspects of the human emotions effectively configures together to permit a convincing simulation of human motivation in general. Whereas the first patent simulated the more routine types of communication characterizing basic commerce and industry, the latest patent supplements this capacity through a convincing simulation of humor reflective of the comedic arts, as well as the realm of melodrama. The current patent outlines the implementation of an AI comedian/dramatist employing programming breakthroughs (as well as the respective hardware flowchart towards its implementation) permitting a futuristic emotion simulation, and one that any android would be proud to own.
Patent Title: Inductive Inference Affective Language Analyzer - Transitional (abbreviated IIALA-T) allows the transitional form of affective language to be decoded and simulated. This formally encompasses a simulation of the comedic realm in terms of the specific class of lesser virtues: where a flair for the dramatic can be either humorous or tragic (as in the realm of melodrama). This transitional class of communication specifies a relationship initiated for the first time, where an individual attempts to establish a new interaction within a pre-existing social order. The initial phase in the sequence is termed the congeniality phase, followed by the humor maneuver proper: that disqualifies (through meta-communication) the underlying context of the ongoing interaction. The schematic definitions for the lesser virtues are systematically programmed to enable a formal simulation of humor and comedy formatted in terms of a dual sentence structure, utilized in a matching function with sentences inputted from live conversation.
Left-hand column of terms below equals domain of 1st patent
Right-hand column equals the domain of 2nd patent
+ + VICES OF EXCESS ........ MENTAL ILLNESS
(Excessive Virtue) ............. (Transitional Excess)
+ MAJOR VIRTUES ........ LESSER VIRTUES
(Virtuous Mode) ............... (Transitional Virtue)
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O ...... NEUTRALITY STATUS
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- VICES OF DEFECT ........ CRIMINALITY
(Absence of virtue) ..........(Transitional Defect)
- - HYPERVIOLENCE ..... HYPERCRIMINALITY
(Excessive Defect) ... (Transitional Hyperviolence)
In the true AI simulation mode, the AI agent detects humorous sequences and devises humorous responses of its own design tailored to the sensibilities of a given person or audience, reflecting its more light-hearted aspects. Such a humorous range of themes proves crucial where true human companionship is called for, where the interplay of roles is much less rigidly fixed, in direct contrast to the more formal restrictions governing more serious human communication. The databanks alone should prove formidable, although taking advantage of emotional indexing conducive to ready retrieval and delivery. The accumulated tradition of classical literature is similarly amenable to decoding within such a system, permitting a master database of the great works of history indexed to emotional content.
In terms of networking applications, the parallel processing capacity of the IIALA-T processes of a large number of conversations simultaneously, maximizing the available circuitry by staggering the timing of lulls naturally occurring within human conversation. This is managed through a time-share arrangement where multiple accounts are accommodated, rated in terms of urgency. This technically entails a centralized CPU complex connecting end users through a user interface, the bulk of processing transferred over the Internet. The comprehensive knowledge bases of the AI agent are distributed as open source code over a network of broad-band servers. The end user's computer need only run a modified version of the AI-MCU program, the inference engine interfacing with the web-based knowledge base in real-time. In concert with provisions for an AI comedic interface, the potential for internet-based computer companionship should soon become widespread.
more details posted at: http://www.emotionchip.net
www.charactervalues.org
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Contact Information
John E. LaMuth M.S.
Fairhaven Consulting
fax 586-314-5960
