Let AI predict what's on your mind

I still remember that it was the start of the premier league, I was on Facebook and I saw something that surprised me. I love watching the premier league, and in particular, I love watching Chelsea Football Club play. It was 11:42 am and I logged on to check what's the latest on my home feed. I suddenly saw a football made next to the status update tab. Out of curiosity, I clicked on it and Facebook wanted me to update my status with tags saying "watching the premier league game for Chelsea football club with -".

If you think that's cool, check this out. A month or so back I went for the Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona game at the Calderon. As usual, I took a lot of pictures (not to mention- a lot of selfies"). A week after i wanted to assemble all the pictures into one folder on my iPhone, so I started the process:

Step 1: Create New Folder
Step 2: Name Folder: Atletico Vs Barcelona
Step 3: Select the pics

I reached till step 3 and opened my photo folder and what do I find? All the pics from the game have already been selected.

AI is a revolution....the next big thing....Join in or you might fall behind.

Nothing cooler than Robots ... #justsayin' #robotfever #robolove

There is no way an "Artificial Intelligence" blog could be complete without the main representation of it. Robots, robots everywhere! What's becoming a relative norm is the thought of having a robot like The Jetsons is feasible in the near future.

. Of course, trying to make a robot do chores around the house, checking out any broken devices at my car, or even take care of pets are some of the possible tasks that human kind has been aiming, investing and researching about for years. We invite all of our Fuegobot fans to actually google, once a week: "cool robots", trust us, you'll be amazed.

We are reaching a new electronic era, amazing new features are being created and sooner or later will reach and replace our daily routines. Think about your day: you wake up by a small guy telling you "good morning, the sun is out".OK, waking up, stand up and click on your remote "coffee" while your putting your slippers on. You are thinking of watering your lawn of plants; wait! Don't worry, your buddy is already on it. So, you decide to get the paper? Of course not, you use your old, garden variety Ipad air and check your electronic version of the New York Times, Financial Times, Shanghai Times, El Pais, Reforma, Gazzeta de lo Sport etc; you are about to start but you really need your coffee, right? They got it..

Its, getting late, so we better get ready. You forgot to hang up the clothes, so probably they will be all wrinkly, so you may lose 10-15 minutes while you finish, or maybe NOT.

Probably you get the point. These are not recent break-throughs, some of them are pretty old and are steadily being improved upon their original functionality, but there is nothing to worry about. FuegoBot is ready to do what you don't. We will dig into this exciting topic and share the most amazing, interesting or at least funny news regarding these metallic and intelligent fellows.

Stay tuned, Fuego Fans.  

Dad, let the robot cut the lawn!

I still remember the time when I went out to a field with my grandfather, a part-time farmer. He had some farm animals at home and therefore always needed hay. He actually still cut the hay with a scythe. He sometimes also let me do it although he was never completely satisfied with my work. Pretty exhausting but fun though when you work with your hands.
At my parents place, we at least cut the lawn with an petrol lawnmower which makes life much easier but I always smelled like a petrol station afterwards. When I was living at my parents place, I did not really like it when my dad asked me to do it. Actually, it was pretty exhausting because you had to push this super-vibrating machine over bumpy ground and doing this for some hours definitely makes you tired. We should have tried this one instead. At least no vibration and no smell of petrol!! 

But guys, nowadays we can forget about all these problems. We don't need to push any lawnmower anymore. There are these small, cute robots doing the job for us. How do they operate?! Of course with algorithms! Most of the robots just need a electric fence around the area to be cut which helps them to orientate and limit the cutting area. They automatically cut the lawn and when they are done, they return to their docking station. Some are that sophisticated that they even recognize with sensors when it is raining and they should return earlier to their station. Clearly, these robots facilitate massively our life. But I have to admit I see advantages in pushing the lawnmower. It's physical exercise, for some it is like meditation to have the always the same vibration and sound and some just love the smell of freshly cut grass. Actually, I am one of them. 

If you purchase one, there is even an Automatic Lawnmower Buyers Guide. Just in case you need some information. However, I hope that this never happens to you:

What's next in sex? From porn to virtual sex to robot sex....

A talking vibrator or fleshlight?  Not quite.  According to a recent report by futorologist Dr. Ian Pearson robot sex is to replace human sex by 2050.  Before we get to between-the-sheets action with robots, let's talk a little about what exists currently: PORN.

Tons of steamy, adult, NSFW content that is widely accessible. Every second 28,258 internet users are viewing pornography on more than 25 million porn sites.  

Virtual sex is porn taken to the 3D universe - for example Lovense and VirtualRealPorn teamed up to link intimate scenes with sex toys that vibrate and stimulate along the virtual video. Smartphone apps that allow remote control over friction and vibration exist currently, the next step is interfacing the apps to the reality headsets. Hands free toys are also on the horizon as plenty of gadgets and accessories currently exist (have you seen the fleshlight LaunchPad?). 


A virtual one night stand? Check.  
Unlimited (and rechargeable) bjs. Check.  ($146)
Sex with a porn star (Yui Hatano)? For $1200, check - sorry I'm not ballsy enough to include the link on that one!
And of course: anime virtual reality 3D sex...check!

So will the robot sex revolution take off as the "The Rise of the Robosexuals" author predicts?  If the widespread porn revolution combined with the massive innovation of sex toys is any indication of human open-mindedness to alternative orgasm methods FuegoBot predicts: YES.

Kink on, fellow freaks. :)

Need a Hit?.....Check this Bit

One of the biggest problems music producers and record labels face is whether their artist will produce hits or not. The cost of producing and launching an album is so high that sometimes an artist who could have produced the song of the year, does not even get a chance to release his album. In these situations both the record label and the artist are effected. What if I told you there was a way to minimize risk and increase the odds of launching a hit album?

Back in 2002 a company known as Polyphonic, a subsidiary of Group AIA, used artificial intelligence and natural sciences to determine a songs hit potential. They called this technology the Hit Song Science (HSS), which analysed the mathematical characteristics of music (by isolating aspects such as melody, tempo, pitch, rhythm and chord progression) and compared them with characteristics of past music hits. Based on these mathematical characteristics, each song was mapped on to a multidimensional grid known as the "music universe". All the hit songs formed a cluster and if the song to be tested fell in the hits cluster, it had the potential of becoming a hit song. The song becoming a hit depended on other factors also such as marketing and promotion.

The closeness to a cluster was indicated with a "Hit Song Science Score" on a scale of 1-10, with higher scores indicating a great hit potential. Polyphonic believed that if the HSS score was above 7, 9 out of 10 times the song would have been a hit.

While this product seemed like a sure shot winner, Polyphonic was unable to convince producers and record label companies to buy this software.

The HSS is just one of the many examples to show how Artificial Intelligence can make our decisions easier and more accurate. Imagine if a simple idea like this can make our lives better in someway, the possibilities with using Artificial Intelligence in any field are endless. Think about it, we have right tool Artificial Intelligence to shape our future. The question is, how will you use this tool to your benefit?

Back to The Future II...Could Marty McFly have done better with Dear Beloved Algorithm?!

Algorithms for weather forecasting, financial market forecasting, predicting scores, predicting the perfect date on a friday night (you get the gist, algorithms can be used to predict a lot of things!!) have been around for a while.

While it is "easier" to predict the "future" from related events rooted in the past, scientists have been working on developing Algorithms that can 'predict' the future out of several unrelated events, EMBERS from Virginia Tech comes to mind.

The question today is, would Marty McFly have done better if he had access to such an Algorithm in 1989? Go through the scorecard below and leave your comments!

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The following blogs could be of interest for you! Check them out!!

- AI and Machine Learning - applied to real life business cases

- The Good, The Bad and The Artificial: Developments around the world in AI

- What’s next and upcoming, considering artificial intelligence

All blogs of classmates ;-)