[NBLUG/talk] Anybody interested in AI?

[Omar Eljumaily]

This is something I'm interested in.  I've found that the discussion of 
the terms and concepts in the field is somewhat chaotic.  There are lots 
of simple concepts that are made hard because of obfuscation and lots of 
hard concepts that are glossed over because nobody understands them 
much.  I think that a group that met either online or land-based every 
once in a while could help each other out in understanding these things.

Anyway, I set up a Facebook page for anybody who wants to get involved.  
If there is interest then we can post and meet up.  If not, then I'll 
just take the page down.  Just Like the page and we can start talking if 
anybody's interested.

https://www.facebook.com/Sonoma-County-Artificial-Intelligence-Interest-Group-1493619714276055/

One thing I'm working with right now is CMU Sphinx, which is a 
surprisingly accurate speech recognizer.  I'm guessing that apps like 
Siri and Dragon have borrowed extensively from their code. Maybe as a 
first topic we can start talking about Sphinx and how it works.

http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net/

BTW, I can't help this shameless self-promotion, but as I mentioned in a 
previous post, I've written a book that deals broadly with AI topics.  
I'm really interested in math and computer algorithms.  I think AI is 
where the Internet and WWW were in the mid 1990s, it's getting ready to 
become very important.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0177S8DBA

Thanks.