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Stephen Hawking On Genetic Engineering vs. AI
Pointing to this story on Ananova, bl968 writes: "Stephen Hawking the noted physicist has suggested using genetic engineering and biomechanical interfaces to computers in order to make possible a direct connection between brain and computers, 'so that artificial brains contribute to human intelligence rather than opposing it.' His idea is that with artificial intelligence and computers, which increase their performance every 18 months, we face the real possibility of the enslavement of the human race." garren_bagley adds this link to a similar story on Yahoo!, unfortunately just as short. Hawking certainly is in a position shared by few to talk about the intersection of human intellect and technology.
...but isn't this a bit of self-interest?
42 + 1 = 42
Just look at this guy for a second before you trust anything he has to say. HE'S A DROOLING, RETARDED MONGO!! What are you going to do for a story next?? Go to the Special Olympics and ask the competetors for their opinions on the DMCA??
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a racist or a bigot or anything like that. I just think that retards should have a place in society, but that place shouldn't be close to where I live. Maybe we can create an island or something and ship all of these wierdos off??
PLANET OF THE MONGOS. Heh.
Seriously, he's a scientist not a philosohper. This is a bullshit story. Smarts does not mean wisdom.
Rest in peace, Goatse guy. Rest in peace.
Louis Armstrong, trumpet player and Jazz pioneer, died yesterday morning in his Los Angeles home. He was 71. Armstrong's last performance was at James Madison University's Convocation Center on March 24, 2001, where he played to a standing room only crowd of 5,000. Armstrong was helped off the stage by his wife of 20 years, and he later told a reporter for the campus newspaper "I don't know how much longer I can do this. This may be one of my last shows." His final song was his biggest hit, Hello Dolly! He is survived by his wife, 3 children and 6 grandchildren.
This is a sad, sad day for the slashdot community
GOATSE GUY, dead at 79.
Goatse Man Obituary. This is a link to StileProject.com - no actual picture of the Goatse man here, but it does have porn banners so beware.
There's a tear in my beer tonight, brother. God rest ye well, sweet Goatse Guy. Truly an american icon.
I just heard some sad news on TV, apparently Slashdot website creator, Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda, was rushed to the hospital this afternoon after having his penis sliced off. Authorities say the accident involved Rob's penis, his computer, and an illegal computer device imported from China that was designed to stimulate the penis during cyber-sex. The authorities aren't releasing many details yet as to how it happened, but they suspect that the device malfunctioned which caused his penis to be sliced off. However, there is speculation among the Slashdot community that the Open Source Operating System "Linux" is to blame, for its faulty structure and lack of professional development. There is no word of whether there was any foul-play involved from hackers amongst the Linux community.
hey smart guy, this isnt the 90s, you dumb fucking retarded idiot
Like your understanding of physics is so incredibly superior to his. I remember your sig URL from awhile back, which is unusual... only opinions and ideas so utterly ridiculous could make a lasting impression as did yours.
The truth of the matter, is that both you and he are wrong about time travel. You are so bigoted toward the idea, that you fail to realize the true implications of such a concept (though I am unsure as to why Hawking hasn't seen the truth to it).
If our universe were a simulation (and I leave it up to the reader to decide the truth of this, I use it only as an exmaple), and in this simulation a certain sim-person were to believe they built a time travel device and activated it, there is at least the possibility that it would behave as they might expect. Boom. All the sudden, the universe is as it was sim-years ago, with the notable exception of themselves. However, if the sim-person goes and murders his grandparents, does he pop out of existence? Dematerialize?
No.
He didn't really travel in time, rather the universe was "reset" to appear as if he had time traveled. The only consequences of his actions might be that a similar, but distinct sim-being isnt't born years in his relative future. In effect, he has either entered a seperate simulated universe remarkably similar to how his own was in its past, or he has drastically altered his own universe in a way that he interprets as time travel. No causality hocus-pocus is necessary (though other abracadabras might be needed). Big deal, either way, right?
And don't even get me started on why new age cretins who believe in reincarnation should be chopped up as fish bait.
I can just imagine one day hearing that sinister, yet all-to-familiar voice inside my head...
How are you Gentlemen...
All your brains are belong to us...
Hahaha!
Come to think of it, the voice kinda sounds like Stephen Hawking! You don't think...
You're using her as bait, Master!
his asshole is as tight as an 8 year old boys.
Ah! someone gets it strait! Computers are still high speed idiots. The moores law only makes faster speeding idiots. As long as the science of AI doesn't truly surmount the barriers of creativity and self-awareness, computers will only be tools that complement and enhance our usefullness. We need to create an IA that not only meets the Turing test but exceeds it. Some form of 'beeing' that asks questions about its own existence like any other human started dooing at the age of 5. Anything else is just fraud.