[kj] OT: I want one

[Stephen Lawrence]

the terminators are coming   FOR REAL 
 

> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:59:40 +1300

> From: bq at soundgardener.co.nz

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: I want one

> 

> The beastie falling over totally cracked me up, but it's eerie in a way

> too because, to me, it highlights how mechanical we actually are. I think

> we're in for a lot more eerieness over time as we create machines that

> replicate the bodies and minds of living things. Some people find it

> offensive I'm sure. Playing g0d! Gasp.

> 

> Powerful artificial intelligence isn't far away, 2020 - 2030 is when

> desktop PCs are calculated to have the same processing power as the human

> mind. They are currently operating at less than the power of rodents I

> think, but the processing power available to AI research has ballooned in

> the last 10-15 years and is rising exponentially. So very shortly after

> PCs attain our level of horsepoewr, they will surpass us. (Or a

> combination of human / machine intelligence will). And there's every

> chance that with quantum computing, that exponential rise will be

> accellerated hugely.

> 

> Anyone venturing an opinion about the feasibility of AI matching the human

> mind, in the negative, has been premature and probably misunderstood the

> processing power equation. There's no chance of human-like intelligence

> when you're limited to hardware as powerful as an insect's brain, let

> alone the software problems. Both of which are being worked on and great

> progress made.

> 

> Given the chance, machines will one day, quite possibly within our

> lifetimes, far surpass us mentally. I'm looking forward to it, I still

> haven't beaten fucking Rubicks cube.

> 

> > That gave me the creeps.

> >

> >> -----Original Message-----

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> >> On Behalf Of Brendan

> >> Sent: 26 March 2009 08:23

> >> To: gathering at misera.net

> >> Subject: [kj] OT: I want one

> >>

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