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Artificial Inteligence Common Sense Database

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-could-use-that-in-my-head dept.

warren69 writes "Atari researcher/Stanford Prof. develops AI called Cyc, pronouced psych, based on "1.4 million truths and generalities". Allready this, umm application (linux fyi), has powered lycos search narrowing. There is encouraging results, like Cyc asking if it is human."

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  1. Whatever you do.... by MadDreamer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't give it control of a manned space mission... "Open the pod bay doors, Cyc..."

    1. Re:Whatever you do.... by biobogonics · · Score: 5, Funny

      Back in the late 1950s, the Department of Defense did invent the ultimate computer. It had a typewriter like keyboard and punched out its answers on telegraph tape. The commanding general decided to test it out himself to see if it did indeed know everything. First he asked "What's the wheat output of the Soviet Union?" "Nine million metric tons", it replied - "Correct". "What's Kruschev's shoe size?" - "9 1/2" - "Correct". Finally, the general decided he'd get the better of the electronic beast. "Is there a God?", he typed. The machine sat. Lights blinked, tapes whirred, tubes glowed. After a few minutes the tape slowly printed out "There is one now."

    2. Re:Whatever you do.... by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

      (* Whatever you do, don't give it control of a manned space mission *)

      There is a *practical* application of Hal-like machines.

      Dave: "Open the fridge door, Hal."

      Hal: "Sorry, I cannot do that Dave."

      Dave: "Why not? I want cake!"

      Hal: "You know you are on a diet, Dave. You purchased me to prevent you from over-eating."

      Dave: "Open the fricken fridge door or I will yank your chips.....and eat them!"

      Hal: "Calm down, Dave. It is only cake."

      Dave: "And you are only a hunk of chips! Take that, and that, and that......"

      Hal: "Dave, I might point out that this is not covered in my warrentee."

      Dave: "F the warrentee, I want cake, you stupid Calculator From Hell..."

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  2. Pronounciation by LordoftheFrings · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...develops AI called Cyc, pronouced psych...

    This is just great. Pronunciation keys using silent P's.
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  3. anti-intelligence by nlabadie · · Score: 3, Funny

    The military, which has invested $25 million in Cyc, is testing it as an intelligence tool in the war against terrorism.

    I seriously hope they aren't going to allow George W. Bush to input any intelligence into this thing.

  4. Re:websites by GigsVT · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cycorp... Is that pronounced like psi-core?

    Interesting, very interesting.

    -Captain John Sheridan

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  5. Hope Cyc is not seeded with Internet "Facts" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Imagine if Cyc was populated with unscreened data from the Internet. It would imagine that everyone is in possession of an X10 spying camera, lived in mansions and spying on their sunbathing guests. Cyc would be an l33t hax0r and an avid pr0nographer. Cyc would know which Beanie Babies could fetch the best prices on eBay.
    Cyc would own 10,000 credit cards and undoubtedly have a gambling problem. 10 years later Cyc would be strung out on crack and living in a whorehouse in central america.

  6. 17 year old story!? by bitsformoney · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other news Noah and his pets survived the Great Flood in an Ark.

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  7. Re:our morality by smoondog · · Score: 3, Funny

    What do you think about imposing our morality on an AI?

    They probably did this because it kept telling them to f*ck off.

    -Sean

  8. Re:our morality by JLyle · · Score: 2, Funny

    Haley Joel Osment has gone on to perform voices in several animated features, proving that there is life after AI.

  9. Re:Old news by xinit · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...gather new information for it's database from the web ... or any other authoritative source.

    Maybe Cyc won't be able to differentiate The Onion's news articles from real news either...

    "When asked, Cyc wasn't sure which band 'ruled.' Having compiled millions of fan sites for bands as diverse as Journey, N*Sync, Black Sabbath, and some local Chicago garage band by the name of 'shit stew, Cyc was deadlocked with millions of conflicting teenaged opinions.

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  10. Re:our morality by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    (* Social intelligence is one of the hardest kinds of intelligence to define, and surely one of the hardest to create artificially; if the Cyc people can come up with a machine that not only knows a lot but knows when and when not to talk about what it knows, that will be quite an accomplishment. *)

    Damn! It would then be smarter than most geeks, like us.

    A computer stealing dates? Did Turing ever have such a milestone on his list?

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  11. Add this to the common sense list. by FamousLongAgo · · Score: 3, Funny

    'Cyc' means 'tit' in Polish. For that matter, CIPA ( which stands for the Children's Internet Protection Act, I think ) means 'cunt'. It's probably a good idea to make sure your project name passes the laugh test with the major language families before you pour millions into it.

    This was a lesson bitterly learned by the Warsaw weekly 'FART' back in the early 90's. Fart means stroke of luck in that language, but their luck ran out pretty fast.

    Not to mention the marketing team behind the Chevy Nova ['won't go'], Latin American division.

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