Evolutionary Algorithms in Design

An article on NewScientistTech titled "Evolutionary algorithms now surpass human designers" that generally discusses the design capabilities of EA's with examples, specifically those from the GECCO 2007 Human Competitive Results Competition (so called 'the humies'). Reminds me of all the cool examples on TalkOrigins "Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computation". I'm happy whenever this stuff gets press :)

Motivating Research

A rant and comments on motivating (or not) research in papers, from the Machine Learning blog.

Problem Difficulty and Interview with Norvig

A brief post on an software engineers perspective of problem difficulty, Cheers Intelligent Machines.
An interview with Peter Norvig on Technology Review (that guy who wrote that book), cheers Geeking with Greg.

General AI and Selection of the Likeliest

An article on the evolution and the second law of thermodynamics 'Selection of the Likeliest' (2007), cheers GreyThumb. A video of a public lecture at Google on 'Artificial General Intelligence' (2007), cheers AI-Depot.

The Moser Function

The Moser Function: The application of the theory of 'Suspension of Disbelief' to ones own research project ( as proposed by Irene Moser) in order to make continual progress on the project, and to ultimately produce a dissertation. Manipulation of the Moser function may occur through various means not limited to discussion of the base-motivation(s) and or resultant-impact(s) of a research project with colleagues. The effect of which may negatively impact project productivity (in some extreme cases for extended periods of time), until such time that the new variables can be suitably integrated (see Moser Integration).

Swarm Behavior

An article on Swarm Behavior on National Geographic (Cheers Dan, Mind Hacks, and Intelligent Machines)

Online Learning

A nice summary of the different ways to think about online learning
An article about AI being lost in the woods

What AI can achieve

A post on Intelligent Machines titled "What artificial intelligence can achieve".
Some definitions of intelligence from Machines Like Us.