# Exciting News: My Research Grant = Approved **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exciting-news-my-research-grant-approved/696096 "2014-08-21T15:26:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exciting-news-my-research-grant-approved/696096/1 "2014-08-21T15:26:46Z")
Hooray! I’m very excited. I’ve been waiting quite some time for the approval. My grant is not very big as grants go but I’m still very thrilled. This will allow me to continue my work on identifying human cognitive abilities through the use of artificial intelligence for another year. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exciting-news-my-research-grant-approved/696096/2 "2014-08-21T15:33:26Z")
Congrats! In this climate, getting funding is a real thrill and accomplishment. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exciting-news-my-research-grant-approved/696096/3 "2014-08-21T15:51:45Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exciting-news-my-research-grant-approved/696096/4 "2014-08-21T22:33:11Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > Hooray! I’m very excited. I’ve been waiting quite some time for the approval. My grant is not very big as grants go but I’m still very thrilled. This will allow me to continue my work on identifying human cognitive abilities through the use of artificial intelligence for another year. So the question for us all… Did BeepKillBeep actually post this, or is this one of his AI posting to test us? ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exciting-news-my-research-grant-approved/696096/5 "2014-08-21T22:35:24Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > So the question for us all… Did BeepKillBeep actually post this, or is this one of his AI posting to test us? Hmm. Good question. I’m going with an AI. (Congratulations, **BeepKillBeep**!) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exciting-news-my-research-grant-approved/696096/6 "2014-08-21T23:14:41Z")
Congratulations, AI! Your master must be proud of you! ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exciting-news-my-research-grant-approved/696096/7 "2014-08-21T23:32:24Z")
_beep_ thank you _beep_ FYI… I know next to nothing about natural language processing, so I am not likely to make an AI that could speak like a human. All my work is in optimization and classification. Of course, maybe what you’re trying to say is that I speak so poorly I could be mistaken for an AI.