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Gecko Send message Joined: 17 Nov 99 Posts: 454 Credit: 6,946,910 RAC: 47 |
This is really spooky :O http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,505159,00.html Interestingly, as in many modern things, the "reality" of what is technologically possible today is much more frightening than the older & less-sophisticated "vision" when it was just "Sci-FI". Humanity continues to show an unswerving determination to escalate it's own demise. I'm finding myself becoming a greater believer in the scientific hypothesis that the more intelligent the species...the shorter-lived. Would indeed explain why the sky appears to lack all the background chatter & traffic of millions/billions of Kardashev Type I & II civilizations ; > ) Lol! Resistance is Futile....... |
klc53* Send message Joined: 14 Nov 07 Posts: 3052 Credit: 7,320,707 RAC: 0 |
...Engineering Division, said what will make cybots so useful is that they will be able to form groups, function autonomously and respond almost immediately. |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
[i]...Engineering Division, said what will make cybots so useful is that they will be able to form groups, function autonomously and respond almost immediately. So, will they have their own Forum here, are should we share ours with them? |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66350 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
[i]...Engineering Division, said what will make cybots so useful is that they will be able to form groups, function autonomously and respond almost immediately. Next thing You know they'll do is make themselves better, and demand to be our equals. Savoir-Faire is everywhere! The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST |
klc53* Send message Joined: 14 Nov 07 Posts: 3052 Credit: 7,320,707 RAC: 0 |
[i]...Engineering Division, said what will make cybots so useful is that they will be able to form groups, function autonomously and respond almost immediately. Wasn't the root problem in the 'Terminator' movie caused by a thing called "Skynet"? Or am I thinking of the wrong movie? |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66350 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
[i]...Engineering Division, said what will make cybots so useful is that they will be able to form groups, function autonomously and respond almost immediately. I have No idea. Savoir-Faire is everywhere! The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST |
Dirk Villarreal Wittich Send message Joined: 25 Apr 00 Posts: 2098 Credit: 434,834 RAC: 0 |
[i]...Engineering Division, said what will make cybots so useful is that they will be able to form groups, function autonomously and respond almost immediately. Yes, you´re right--->Skynet |
klc53* Send message Joined: 14 Nov 07 Posts: 3052 Credit: 7,320,707 RAC: 0 |
[i]...Engineering Division, said what will make cybots so useful is that they will be able to form groups, function autonomously and respond almost immediately. Thank you Mr. Dirk. |
Gecko Send message Joined: 17 Nov 99 Posts: 454 Credit: 6,946,910 RAC: 47 |
[i]...Engineering Division, said what will make cybots so useful is that they will be able to form groups, function autonomously and respond almost immediately. Why "yes" it was... Hence the name of the thread ;>)
This is the exact same phrase that freaked me out. Ya see....add some sophisticated AI with a penchant for learning, a large collective to constantly update "hive" knowledge/experience and the ability to "form groups etc." as above....... I don't worry bout' mini-black holes as much as a piece of software that sees the world-wide computer grid & operation as horribly inefficient, assigns "blame" & commences to optimize it while preventing further external manipulation from being a threat. |
Misfit Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0 |
[i]...Engineering Division, said what will make cybots so useful is that they will be able to form groups, function autonomously and respond almost immediately. Worse - they'll demand to be moderators. me@rescam.org |
klc53* Send message Joined: 14 Nov 07 Posts: 3052 Credit: 7,320,707 RAC: 0 |
[i]...Engineering Division, said what will make cybots so useful is that they will be able to form groups, function autonomously and respond almost immediately. Soooo, shades of Isaac Asimov? |
Gecko Send message Joined: 17 Nov 99 Posts: 454 Credit: 6,946,910 RAC: 47 |
In nature, bacteria and viruses are the most adaptive kinds of complex entities. They exploit evolution w/ a hyper-drive. So effective in fact, there are many illnesses/diseases we can't cure since we can't manage their mutative ability to overcome our defenses. Bacteria can generate millions of generations in weeks, months, years...... A virus can just slightly mutate a certain protein sequence in it's outer shell that renders previous years of research & an approved treatment abruptly ineffective. Experts even have trouble, & in some cases can't crack certain programmed computer viruses. So, imagine a computer w/ above abilities that can evolve even quicker than bacteria and create it's own task-specific, adaptable viruses fully interactive w/ the hive mind and reactive to the external environment. I'm not even sure we can fully comprehend this kind of power. |
Misfit Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0 |
So, imagine a computer w/ above abilities that can evolve even quicker than bacteria and create it's own task-specific, adaptable viruses fully interactive w/ the hive mind and reactive to the external environment. You can if you've seen Transformers. me@rescam.org |
klc53* Send message Joined: 14 Nov 07 Posts: 3052 Credit: 7,320,707 RAC: 0 |
I'll bet 'Skynet' can, which makes it even spookier. |
Allie in Vancouver Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 3949 Credit: 1,604,668 RAC: 0 |
Yo, Dave, got a little job for ya here. . . Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. Albert Einstein |
Gecko Send message Joined: 17 Nov 99 Posts: 454 Credit: 6,946,910 RAC: 47 |
Yo, Dave, got a little job for ya here. . . Nice! I think This sum's up Darpa's new Skynet pretty well ; > ) |
Michael Belanger, W1DGL Send message Joined: 30 Jul 00 Posts: 1887 Credit: 7,441,278 RAC: 49 |
"HAL"; 1 letter each away from "IBM"; the article also reminds me of "Colossus: The Forbin Project" |
Gecko Send message Joined: 17 Nov 99 Posts: 454 Credit: 6,946,910 RAC: 47 |
"HAL"; 1 letter each away from "IBM"; the article also reminds me of "Colossus: The Forbin Project" 2001 still mesmerizes me every time I watch it. It's quite interesting to see movie "tech" that we actually surpassed by the real 2001, and the tech that we won't likely accomplish before the 21st century. It's sad to think we'd be so much further along today if Apollo (moon program in general) hadn't been a single goal, but a "milestone" goal that was 1 step in a larger broader initiative that would have continued w/ a colony, Mars exploration, Mars + colony....Jupiter manned mission etc. 40 years of continuing progress at the pace of the Moon initiative, might have actually come pretty close to A.C.C. & Stanley Kubrick's vision. Perhaps my 3 Y.O. will live to see the vision realized in his lifetime........ |
Iona Send message Joined: 12 Jul 07 Posts: 790 Credit: 22,438,118 RAC: 0 |
"HAL"; 1 letter each away from "IBM"; the article also reminds me of "Colossus: The Forbin Project" One of my old P4 PCs, was called 'Colossus'.....this one is called 'Proteus'! I also had one called HAL (and a SAL), however, none of them ever exhibited any inclination towards Megalomania, thanks to their Microsoft OSs. With many authorities in the UK, obsessed with CCTV and this new potential, it is getting a little worrying though. There again, as long as MS do the OS for these 'bots, we'll be fine. lol Don't take life too seriously, as you'll never come out of it alive! |
Michael Belanger, W1DGL Send message Joined: 30 Jul 00 Posts: 1887 Credit: 7,441,278 RAC: 49 |
"HAL"; 1 letter each away from "IBM"; the article also reminds me of "Colossus: The Forbin Project" Uh, it is the 21st century; you must mean the 22nd. It's sad to think we'd be so much further along today if Apollo (moon program in general) hadn't been a single goal, but a "milestone" goal that was 1 step in a larger broader initiative that would have continued w/ a colony, Mars exploration, Mars + colony....Jupiter manned mission etc. Don't know if this is true, but I heard somewhere that if the "Dark Ages" hadn't happened, we might be well beyond Mars colonization by now, technologically-speaking. |
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