The Xzistor LAB is planning to build an artificial agent that learns to talk like a baby using artificial emotions! Rocco Van Schalkwyk and Alireza Dehnozorgi have written a new paper describing the theory and multi-stage project. You can read their paper on ResearchGate.

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8 July 2024

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7 July 2024

Managers have found the technique of Positive Reinforcement and Feedback to be an effective motivator of people. The basic principle behind this technique is the belief that behaviour is a result of its consequences. That is, a manager can increase the likelihood of a specific behaviour occurring by reinforcing the behaviour when it does occur. Feedback, therefore, is a powerful motivational tool.

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4 July 2024

This week's quote is about habits.

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30 June 2024

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29 June 2024

Many of us have misconceptions about time - not only philosophical and scientific misunderstandings but also practical misunderstandings - which cause inefficient time management.

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27 June 2024

Getting everybody to work with everyone else in subgroups is one of those tasks you think should be easy to arrange, but when you try to work out the groupings, the combinations never quite seem to work.

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25 June 2024

This week's quote is about thoughtfulness.

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23 June 2024