<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><div><br>this event got moved in case anyone was going. <br>unfortunately I can't make the new date, so hopefully someone can tell me what it was like.<br>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Chuck <<a href="mailto:cbear147@gmail.com" target="_blank">cbear147@gmail.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:AI-and-the-future-announce@meetup.com" target="_blank">AI-and-the-future-announce@meetup.com</a> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Monday, April 30, 2012 1:44 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [AI-and-the-future] May meetup<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div><div><div style="color:#333;font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><font face="verdana,arial,sans-serif"><div>I just found out that May 13 is Mother’s day. It would be irresponsible to cause anyone conflict on this important day. Therefore, the first meeting of “AI and the future” will be moved back a week to May 20. There is no important national holiday on May 20, although NASA has scheduled an eclipse of the sun on that day. As the eclipse will only be visible in the western states of this country, this should not present a conflict with our meeting. There is a map to the meeting location on the following webpage:<br>
<br> <a href="http://www.88buffet.com/" target="_blank">http://www.88buffet.com/</a> <br><br>Buffet 88 is in the shopping center located at University and Enterprise. Check out the “culture” tab on the website if you are interested in spooky Chinese stuff.<br>
<br>When you walk in the front door of the buffet, you will be on a bridge with
stone walls on both sides. A cascade of water is flowing down each wall into a pond that runs under the bridge -- designed to instill a tranquil and peaceful mood in the visitor. Inside the restaurant on the left, near the first food bar, is an ornately carved wooden frame. The carving surrounds the entrance to a couple smaller rooms. Our reserved table is in the first room within this framed area. You may eat or not. There is coffee, tea, and coke -- but no beer. If this proves to be a problem, we can schedule the next meeting somewhere else.<br>
<br>The next meeting may be in cyberspace. If you are unfamiliar with “second life”, check out the excellent introduction at:<br><br><a href="http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Second-Life-Quickstart/ta-p/1087919?lang=en-US" target="_blank">http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Second-Life-Quickstart/ta-p/1087919?lang=en-US</a><br>
<br>I am far from expert at getting around SL, and SL is far from the holodeck, but it is an interesting start. Italians have a saying: “Nothing is invented and
perfected at the same time.” We do have a group member who is an expert.<br><br>In recent AI news, there are two items you might want to check out. Google-X (the division of google that tests out new concepts) is developing a driverless car. That’s right; google is getting into the hardware business ---- as well as the AI business. Another interesting development is that Rodney Brooks has resigned as head of AI research at MIT. He has founded a company called Heartland Robotics. It is headquartered in a high security warehouse in Boston, and venture capitalists are showering him with money. I wonder what will walk out of that warehouse.</div>
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