Posted on 06/30/2009 8:31:37 AM PDT by RogerFGay
Over the last two decades, some amazing things have happened in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Governments have been pouring money into AI and robotics, yielding meaningful progress. Some powerful AI systems have gone commercial; others are on the brink. But these accomplishments are sometimes being overshadowed by commentary on robot emotions, robot rights, the potential for marriage between humans and robots, and such.
It’s all quite a bit of fun, and neither commentators nor readers need any understanding of science and technology to participate. So what if the fictional robot Bender on the animated sci-fi comedy Futurama provides a more realistic presentation of issues in robotics than modern journalism and bloggistry? What possible motive could I have for interfering with a good time?
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"You're plooking too hard on me..." - Sy Borg (from Frank Zappa's Joe's Garage with apologizes to the late Sky Saxon)
Dont really care about AI that much, except that I sure would like my very own robot slave to do my bidding around the house.
Hail Robots!!!
Klaatu barada nikto.
Too much focus on artificial intelligence. It seems all too evident that we don’t even have “REAL” intelligence anymore!?!
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