Introduction AI systems offer a unique opportunity for us to deepen our understanding of communication. Having studied AI in the early 1980s, I decided to revisit some theories from that time to see how they might help in extracting useful information from AI Systems. The first theories I explored were: Minsky's Frame System Theory. Role…
Crafting effective prompts is an art that requires understanding how language functions in various contexts and how individuals respond to different roles and scenarios. By integrating insights from Role Theory, Minsky's Frame System Theory, Speech Acts, and Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar, one can design clear prompts, contextually rich, and purposefully structured. This article explores how…
Introduction In the digital age, artificial intelligence and machine learning have revolutionized numerous fields, with natural language processing standing at the forefront. Among the many achievements in this domain, ChatGPT has emerged as a fascinating example of how machines can interact with human language. But what underpins this sophisticated interaction, and how can we leverage…
Introduction In a world increasingly connected by the English language, mastering its intricacies can be both a necessity and a challenge. Mindfulness, the art of present-moment awareness, offers unexpected yet profound ways to enhance English proficiency. This article uncovers the synergy between mindfulness and English language learning, focusing on vocabulary enhancement, style refinement, and applications…
Introduction Dualistic thinking, which partitions the world into pairs of opposites, has long been a fundamental aspect of human cognition. Within the Madhyamika Buddhist tradition, transcending this binary approach is considered essential for understanding the nature of reality and for attaining enlightenment. This article explores the Madhyamika perspective on non-dualistic thinking, focusing on analytical meditation,…
The view from Sussex University Library Introduction POPLOG is an integrated toolkit providing a highly extendable collection of languages and tools suitable for absolute beginners, advanced researchers and system programmers. The toolkit was developed at Sussex University during the 80s. While POPLOG is no longer actively developed, the environment is still useful for prototyping applications.…
Morse Code Straight Key J-38 (Photo credit: Whiskeygonebad) The other week I stumbled across a post about Morse keyers and decided to write some Python code for sending and understanding morse code. Before presenting the code listings, a little bit of history won't go amiss. The first Morse code message was sent on the 24th May, 1844,…
Here is a list of words each of which can be either a noun, verb, adjective or adverb. A presentation made from some of the words in this list is available on slideshare. Their definitions, which are taken from the Wordnet lexical database of English, follow. back best better bitter broadside clean clear close cod…
Introduction Chosing the right representation for your data is at the heart of efficient AI programming as we are reminded in the book edited by Daniel G. Bobrow and Allan Collins, titled "Representation and Understanding: Studies in Cognitive Science". However, quite often, the good old list will do or at least is a good place…
LISP and AI programming Lisp was conceived of as a language for symbolic computation and became the main "AI" language, especially for expert systems, NLP and other types of Pattern Directed Inference Systems. AI, at the time when the first LISP was implemented (John McCarthy 1960), was very different from the AI that is in…
Language, Thought & Computation 