When Hollywood does AI, it’s fun but farfetched

A CNET article about AI’s portrayal in Hollywood quotes ICT’s David Pynadath on 2001: A Space Odyssey. “HAL 9000 was not the first example of evil AI on film, but he marked a watershed moment. Suddenly, homicidal computers were within our...

The advent of virtual humans

A CNET article about the growing application of virtual humans quotes Jon Gratch, ICT’s director of virtual humans research. “In general, AI is moving into more artificial social intelligence,” he says. Gratch defines that as the ability “to...

Virtual Reality, Real Change

An article in Medical Daily quotes Jon Gratch and cites his research on virtual reality’s role in emotion and disclosure. The story states that a future in which machines augment our emotions much like they boost our physical abilities is looking increasingly...