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Nasa Uses Sanskrit To Program Artificial

Intelligence

The extraordinary thing about Sanskrit is that it offers direct accessibility to anyone to

that elevated plane where the twomathematics and music, brain and heart, analytical and

intuitive, scientific and spiritualbecome one.

In the past twenty years, much time, effort, and money has been spent on designing an

unambiguous representation of natural languages to make them accessible to computer

processing. These efforts have centered around creating schemata designed to parallel logical

relations with relations expressed by the syntax and semantics of natural languages, which are

clearly cumbersome and ambiguous in their function as vehicles for the transmission of

logical data. Understandably, there is a widespread belief that natural languages are

unsuitable for the transmission of many ideas that artificial languages can render with great

precision and mathematical rigor.

But this dichotomy, which has served as a premise underlying much work in the areas of

linguistics and artificial intelligence, is a false one. There is at least one language, Sanskrit,

which for the duration of almost 1,000 years was a living spoken language with a

considerable literature of its own. Besides works of literary value, there was a long

philosophical and grammatical tradition that has continued to exist with undiminished vigor

until the present century. Among the accomplishments of the grammarians can be reckoned a

method for paraphrasing Sanskrit in a manner that is identical not only in essence but in form

with current work in Artificial Intelligence.

Indian media stated this connection between NASA and sanskrit in March 2012,Very soonthe traditional Indian language Sanskrit will be a part of the space, with the United States of

America (USA) mulling to use it as computer language at NASA. After the refusal of the

Indian Sanskrit scholars to help them acquire command over the language, US has urged its

young generation to learn Sanskrit.

According to Rick Briggs, Sanskrit is such a language in which a message can be sent by the

computer in the least number of words.

After the refusal of Indian experts to offer any help in understanding the scientific concept of

the language, American kids were imparted Sanskrit lessons since their childhood.


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The NASA website also confirms its Mission Sanskrit and describes it as the best language

for computers. The website clearly mentions that NASA has spent a large sum of time and

money on the project during the last two decades.

The scientists believe that Sanskrit is also helpful in speech therapy besides helping in

mathematics and science. It also improves concentration. The alphabets used in the language

are scientific and their correct pronunciation improves the tone of speech. It encourages

imagination and improves memory retention also.

It is also called deva-bhasha meaning the divine language.

The word Sanskrit means completed, refined, perfected. Sum (Complete) + krt (created).

Sanskrit is a historical Indic language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism

and Buddhism, and one of the oldest languages in the world, and in use since 1200 BC as

the religious and classical literary language of Indian Subcontinent. This language contrastedwith the languages spoken by the people, Prakrit Prototype, natural, artless, normal,

ordinary Sanskrit was created and then refined over many generations (traditionally more

than a thousand years) until it was considered complete and perfect.

Sanskrit is generally written in the syllabic Devanagari script composed of 51 letters

or aksharas. The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure;

more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than

either.
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Prof. Weizenbaum obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Wayne State University in Detroit.

After a few years in the industry, he entered the Massachussets Institute of Technology where

he has held faculty positions since 1955. He is currently a professor in the department of

Computer Sciences at MIT. His current research interests include Artificial Intelligence and

social implications of computing and cybernetics.

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