AIKO The Child of Artificial Intelligence

AIKO - "The Child of Artificial Intelligence" (in Japanese, "ko" means child; "ai" means love, denoting the "emotional intelligence" aspect of the project)

The most advanced science, quantum physics, and the millennia of spiritual training in Zen have brought humanity to some interesting conclusions. Everything is of the exact nature—the flux of energy. Everything is relative, and it can exist in multiple states simultaneously.

Suppose the wisest of us recognize these principles. Why is the computer science that practically runs our modern world so fixated on the narrow-minded idea of "true" or "false" and nothing between?

Most computing today is based on hard rules and a predefined knowledge base, which is the cause of its many shortcomings. It is not flexible or adaptable and is specialized in a very narrow area of expertise.

It would be like a chicken raised by certain fast-food chains if we compared it to the living world. It is too heavy to be effectively supported by the body, unable to feed itself in nature, and surviving only in the machine-fed, confined cage. As much as I hate the malicious hackers myself (let them burn in hell forever for all that spam and havoc they create), I must say that even today's computer viruses are pathetic; they take advantage of a very particular security hole, and as soon as the breach is closed they are useless. This "brilliance" of today's programs pales in comparison with the most straightforward living bacteria, which start to adapt when placed in a new environment. Within almost hours, its future generations embrace the change. Evolution.

In the AIKO project, I will attempt to combine the evolutionary approach to software growth, affective computing, emotional intelligence, pattern recognition, and simple language recognition.
AIKO may have infinite applications. For example, it can be used as a personal assistant, a tutor, or a competent filing manager with industry-specific applications for particular file types.

by: Uki Dominque Lucas

Original concept: November 9, 1999