I found some emails in my outbox that I guess didn’t generate any responses, but I still think they are interesting so will post them here…
In an interesting twist, humans are now being used to solve problems
for computers:
Online gamers strike major blow in battle against AIDS
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/19/gamers_crack_structure_of_aids_protein_in_three_weeks/
They used the ‘game’ Foldit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foldit
Which is a “games-with-a-purpose” program:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_with_a_purpose
I like the idea of people being challenged to play engaging games that can lead to valuable-for-society results. Analogous to the (somewhat darker aim) efforts of the military to produce video games that serve to train kids to be ready for the new military weapons.
