Israelis (who else?) prepare to bring a new life into the world.
August 21, 2001 9:01 AM Subscribe
Israelis (who else?) prepare to bring a new life into the world. One that will hopefully pass the Turing test.
Interesting that they used the word "slavery" in there. Is slavery of an intelligent machine any more ethical than slavery of a person? Particularly considering that the software is raised as a child, taught by punishment and reward?
Hm.
posted by Foosnark at 10:12 AM on August 21, 2001
Hm.
posted by Foosnark at 10:12 AM on August 21, 2001
"After all, if a computer is perceived to be as intelligent as a person, what is the difference between a smart computer and a human being?"
Oh, and I had thought a capacity for love or ambition had something to do with it. Silly me!
posted by student4ever at 10:12 AM on August 21, 2001
Oh, and I had thought a capacity for love or ambition had something to do with it. Silly me!
posted by student4ever at 10:12 AM on August 21, 2001
Remember there's a whole lotta difference between intelligence and things such as emotion, ability, ambition, greed, etc.
Making the mistake of assigning humanity to a machine irrespective of its perceived intelligence is about as smart as taking the pronouncements of rock stars or sports stars on things such as ecology and international relations seriously. Oh hang on, the media (and hence society) already does.
posted by Option1 at 11:19 AM on August 21, 2001
Making the mistake of assigning humanity to a machine irrespective of its perceived intelligence is about as smart as taking the pronouncements of rock stars or sports stars on things such as ecology and international relations seriously. Oh hang on, the media (and hence society) already does.
posted by Option1 at 11:19 AM on August 21, 2001
Al Gore's algorithms are primitive by Israeli standards.
posted by gleemax at 3:13 PM on August 21, 2001
posted by gleemax at 3:13 PM on August 21, 2001
The privately owned company, run by Israeli tech entrepreneur Jack Dunietz, aims over the next 10 years to develop Hal into an "adult" computer program that can do what no program has ever done before -- pass the Turing test.
Uh-huh. AI is "10 years away". It's been "10 years away" for forty years now.
"It's just that we don't know the secret yet," said Hutchens
Move along, folks, nothing to see here.
posted by anewc2 at 10:17 AM on August 22, 2001
Uh-huh. AI is "10 years away". It's been "10 years away" for forty years now.
"It's just that we don't know the secret yet," said Hutchens
Move along, folks, nothing to see here.
posted by anewc2 at 10:17 AM on August 22, 2001
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