Do you have thoughts on how to design or program an artificially intelligent robot? Well I do and so let me just mention a concept to you, stream of consciousness and merely thinking out loud along with some of my award winning ramblings often viewed by millions.

My current thoughts on this include when the AI system learns something new, it should start a new XML data base and put in the who, what, when, where and why of each piece of data; then once those square are filled in, it can cross reference with the other data already stored. In other words the AI system must be programming itself. Some say this is too difficult. Yet as I study the .php scripts on the Internet, and how they create a new page with new postings (in internet forums), I see similarities to my thoughts of how to create a thinking robot mimicking human thought or burning of imprinted memory. You see the .php scripts also can search their data bases, but if you built a better search feature;

http://worldthinktank.net/wttbbs/index.php?s=8425af312970b69f5ff393ab42419449&showtopic=146

Then you could build a DARPA Style "robotic assistant" like the Carnegie Mellon contract. I have many thoughts on this and indeed have applications also. As per Issac Asimov type assistants. Consider all the potential applications. By the way if you have such thoughts and would like to put them into action; did you know there are some serious award monies available if you can make such a dream a reality? See for yourself.

http://www.Roboprize.com

There are some big bucks backing the next robotic android artificial intelligent device, which can live up to its name. Imagine the possibilities and one last question for the engineer and designer in you; what are you going to do with all that money? Consider this in 2006.