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1 posted on 12/03/2012 9:13:37 AM PST by LibWhacker
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Work on this is incremental, but it’s progressing. I expect viable android brains within my childrens’ lifetimes.


2 posted on 12/03/2012 9:19:04 AM PST by Oberon (Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
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Always one shortfall....It’s not living!!!!


3 posted on 12/03/2012 9:24:17 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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it’s a simulation, not an actual construct. in a simulation, things occur in a predicted manner, in the real world there is the unexpected.
this is an accomplishment of it;s own, but it still doesn’t exist in the real world.


4 posted on 12/03/2012 9:25:45 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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yeah, it all sounds like so much fun

but just wait until it becomes self-aware


6 posted on 12/03/2012 9:33:24 AM PST by Mr. K (some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help...)
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Skynet became self-aware on ... The more we try and create these mistakes in machinery the more real jobs are lost. I chuckle when I watch the movie "Wall-E" with my kids and cannot help but think that is us in a few generations... if we make it that long.
8 posted on 12/03/2012 9:39:43 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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Quantum Consciousness (Stuart Hameroff)
9 posted on 12/03/2012 9:55:14 AM PST by Errant
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No need to go all hyper on fear of a human like brain anytime soon. In order to put it on a chip, you need to have an adequate model of the human brain. Neuroscience is no where near where it needs to be. This is why AI has largely stalled. We were supposed to have androids walking amongst us by now, according to the predictions of the AI community in the 1960’s. They have grossly underestimated what it takes to model the brain.

Once the model is made, creating the hardware is easy. The problem is with the definitions of “human” action and thought that the neuroscientists are using.

Basic philosophical principle: You can’t give what you don’t have. We do not have a good understanding of “understanding”. Most people walking around today have no idea what their purpose in the world is, so I doubt a few scientists could give that ability to a machine.

The only reason that a Skynet may happen is because whoever programs it would have put that seed in there. It would not be able to determine it’s own purpose. Even our children will not see anything more complex that the pint-size companion from the 1984 Buck Rogers TV series.


11 posted on 12/03/2012 10:14:13 AM PST by Seraphicaviary (St. Michael is gearing up. The angels are on the ready line.)
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If you design a machine specifically to pass a test, it will pass a test. As Big Blue with chess. I’ve seen nothing to convince me that AI is still not a chimera.


12 posted on 12/03/2012 10:20:27 AM PST by wideawake
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How does one ‘pass’ an IQ test?


16 posted on 12/03/2012 11:28:20 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.)
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What is the passing score on an IQ test?


19 posted on 12/03/2012 3:05:49 PM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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