Posted on 03/09/2016 5:55:39 AM PST by C19fan
Lee Sedol started with a bow, a traditional Korean gesture of respect for an opponent who could neither see him nor sense his presence.
The world champion at Go – an ancient Chinese board game – looked nervous. His eyes darted from side to side. He took a sip of water, and made his first move.
Lee could be forgiven some nerves: his opponent was AlphaGo, an artificial-intelligence program designed by Google DeepMind, their five-game series billed as a landmark face-off between human and computer. “History is really being made here,” said commentator Chris Garlock, as the first game in the series started.
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Go is a game in which an artificial intelligence would especially excel. Very logical and mathematical.
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Who wins? ;-)
Let’s see it win a game of “Squad Leader”, or, “War in the Pacific”, then I’ll be impressed. Even “The Russian Campaign”.
If that laptop is the robots command and control hub then...she does. Except she's aiming way too high.
Or perhaps...
“If that laptop is the robots command and control hub then...she does. Except she’s aiming way too high.”
Autonomous robots are the issue. No “control hub”...
Except that the MAARS isn't autonomous. It's remotely controlled by an operator.
If it were AI...different story.
“Except that the MAARS isn’t autonomous. It’s remotely controlled by an operator.
If it were AI...different story.”
Right. I was using it as an example of the hardware that might be used along with AI.
My point is that hardware can be engineered fairly simply that would have much better survivability and lethality than a human. MAARS is an example of an early attempt.
Humanity strikes back. Human won the 4th game.
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