Software Advance Helps Computers Act Logically

June 16, 2005 | Source: PhysOrg.com

A new software language, ISO 18629, promises to enable computers to reason much more precisely and thus better reflect subtleties intended by commands of human operators.

ISO 18629 uses AI and language analysis to represent computer commands in the context of a manufacturing plan. Researchers have incorporated approximately 300 concepts, such as “duration” and “sequence,” into its software structure. Computers using software with this expanded, though still primitive AI capacity, can act on a word’s “meaning,” interpreting a command almost like a person.