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more about #artificialintelligence more comments → Killjoy: The assumption hidden in the proposal "Let's make robots that act like us" is that our OS is worth porting to other hardware. more » Kirkaiya: Not disagreeing with deep.thought's comments below about where things are actually going, but I think a lot of the desire for a human-like AI is to ha... more » blash: So in other words, what they're trying to do is approach AI from the perspective of parallel machines rather than parallel processes. Not a bad idea b... more » skierpage: I thought Cat Brain was a mind-blowingly impressive follow-on to the Blue Brain simulator. Blue Brain simulates a single neocortical column. It's on... more » Duckspwn: So now scientists have gotten themselves into a brain simulator pissing contest. Awesome. Progress, here we come! more » Poop Cooper: Meanwhile, scientists are puzzled by the dog brain simulator, unsure of whether they've created something endearing or stupid. Decide for yourself in... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Clearly the rat is thinking, "Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit! Please let this just be a cat-skin rug and not an actual live cat..." more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Henry Markram, why do you hate cats? more » tomsomething: What exactly is the Turing test on artificial cat brains? "I did something and it ignored me. SUCCESS!" more » Skid-Vicious: The rat is thinking, "I have a cat" more » Kaiser-Machead: Headlines from the Future! African Grey Parrot Brain Simulator Tells Humanity It's Full Of Shit more » PN - gooapplesoft: this sounds like someone spilled a secret and now everyone is trying to clean up with their bs. conspiracy.... i like. more » ithyphallus, bonks morrigan: really, what could you get out of a cat brain other than 3/4 of a day sleeping and the remaining 1/4 pawing you, eating lasagna, and poop in a sandbox? more » Gann: Me order! Me Master! Me run Bordertown! more » Purple Dave: We think dogs are smart because we can teach them to perform tricks to satisfy our whims. Cats think the same thing about people. Also, true story: ... more » -
#artificialintelligence
MIT Plans to Rebuild Artificial Intelligence from the Ground Up
After 50 years and countless dead ends, incremental progress, and modest breakthroughs, artificial intelligence researchers are asking for a do-over. More » -
#ai
Rat Brain Simulator Calls IBM's Cat Brain Simulation Bogus
The cat brain simulation IBM supposedly pulled off has just been called out as a "PR stunt" by the leader of the Blue Brain project, who says that it's all a "mass deception of the public." More » -
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It Takes 147,456 PowerPC Processors To Out-Think a Single Stupid Cat Brain
Also on IBM's cat-sized-brain-simulation materials list: 143 terabytes of RAM, miles and miles of cabling, a million watts of electricity, 6675 tons of air conditioning equipment, and an acre of floor space. More » -
#robots
How Much Power Does It Take To Simulate The Human Brain?
Kwabena Boahen, a computer scientist at Stanford University, believes that it would require 10 megawatts to power a processor as smart as the human brain. His new "Neurogrid" supercomputer might be able to do it on only 20 watts. More » -
#robots
Asimo Autonomously Navigates Moving Obstacle Course Right Into My Nightmares
Asimo, still licking its wounds after being outrun by Toyota, fired back earlier this month at Carnegie Mellon, where it learned how to navigate complex, moving obstacle courses. Seriously impressive stuff in this video—just wait until things start spinning! More » -
#manvsmachine
Specter of Deadly A.I. Looms In Wake of Invite-Only Asilomar Conference
Science fiction is great fun, but should we really be quaking in our boots over dangerous A.I. anytime soon? A growing number of scientists say yes, and the results of their February conference at Asilomar are finally being made public. More » -
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#robottakeovers
New Yorker: Why We Won't Have Fully Conversational Robots
John Seabrook wrote a recent feature in The New Yorker about interactive-voice-response systems (I.V.R.) commonly used with customer service and tech support telephone hotlines. Seabrook spent time at B.B.N. Technologies watching these systems transcribe callers' words and analyzing the tone of voice for emotions present. While breaking down the history of automated telephone services and voice recognition innovations, he attempts to tackle the larger question of whether or not we can create a fully conversational, quasi-conscious robot, akin to 2001: A Space Odyssey's Hal 9000. Judging from the number of experts interviewed for the piece, the answer is a resounding no. More »
