language acquisition, son

After having recently attended a DARPA conference (STORyNET-download pdf describing STORyNET's goals) where the project manager said he would like "individual level narrative stimulus forecasting", or in other words, he would like to know what an individual will do when they hear a story, how narratives will play out in the global theater, the technology above is a little disturbing.

At the end of the Fast Company article Deb Roy mentions his new goals and the company he has started to pursue them: Bluefin Labs