Abstract Speech is an easy and usable technique of communication between humans, but nowadays humans are not limited to connecting to each other but even to the different machines in our lives. The most important is the computer. So, this communication technique can be used between computers and humans. This interaction is done through interfaces, this area called Human Computer Interaction... Speech is an easy and usable technique of communication between humans, but nowadays humans are not limited to connecting to each other but even to the different machines in our lives. The most important is the computer. So, this communication technique can be used between computers and humans. This interaction is done through interfaces, this area called Human Computer Interaction (HCI). This paper gives an overview of the main definitions of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) which is an important domain of artificial intelligence and which should be taken into account during any related research (Type of speech, vocabulary size... etc.). It also gives a summary of important research relevant to speech processing in the few last years, with a general idea of our proposal that could be considered as a contribution in this area of research and by giving a conclusion referring to certain enhancements that could be in the future works. Read More Read Less

Abstract Humans are getting smarter due to use of tools, in history because of mechanical tools and in recent decades due to information tools. The hypothesis in this paper goes a step further: that we are getting smarter due to use of AI. The thesis is indicated by solutions to three well-known logical paradoxes that have been recently resolved by the... Humans are getting smarter due to use of tools, in history because of mechanical tools and in recent decades due to information tools. The hypothesis in this paper goes a step further: that we are getting smarter due to use of AI. The thesis is indicated by solutions to three well-known logical paradoxes that have been recently resolved by the author of this paper: the unexpected hanging paradox, the Pinocchio paradox and the blue-eyes paradox. This paper is a bit shorter version of the Informatica paper on the same issue [19]. Read More Read Less