I got this forwarded mail from a friend of mine... But there is indeed some truth in it. The ALICEbot is really cool. Try chatting with it.
No doubt you have seen Matrix movie. What powered those machines?
Step 1 -------------------- Power source
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=qw111596760144B215
"A Japanese research team has developed a fuel cell that
runs on blood without using toxic substances..."
Step 2 -------------------- Self replication
http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/Cornell-University-Scientists-Develop-Self-Replicating-Robot-132007C8P73O.xhtml
Cornell University Scientists Develop Self-Replicating Robot
Step 3 -------------------- Brain
http://www.cyc.com/
Cyc is set to be released on Internet soon...
Cyc is supposed to have common sense and retrieve info from Internet
Step 4 -------------------- Language interaction
http://www.alicebot.org/
ALICE (Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity)
Step 5 -------------------- Matrix
When artificial brain CYC, finds out about self-replication
and uses ALICE to fool humans to provide power.
