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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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LuminAI DomeThe Virtual Figure in this Dance Dome Will Groove with You, our article featured on Futurity May 2 highlights a research project by digital media (LMC) professor Brian Magerko on artificial intellegence.
“Let’s say a computer and a person are going to write a story together about a family conversation at a restaurant. The story could go in a typical fashion or veer wildly into novel territory," said Magerko. "The computer won’t do well unless it has been programmed with all of the pieces of knowledge that the story could possibly contain.
“However, if it can learn that knowledge from people and prior experiences, its improvisation can become somewhat consistent and accurate and the AI learning new story content (or dance moves) becomes part of the user experience.”
