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DARPA Contracts For AI Technology

Posted by timothy on from the that-darn-skynet-is-already-late dept.

heptapod writes "USA Today is reporting that DARPA has contracted two professors from RPI to develop artificial intelligences that can learn by reading and understanding natural language. Interesting taking DARPA's Grand Challenge into account. Mentioned in the article is Cycorp, Inc. which has been pursuing this goal since 1994!"

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  1. In other news.... by cyberkahn · · Score: 4, Funny



    DARPA announced today the funding for Skynet.

    1. Re:In other news.... by MeanGene · · Score: 4, Funny

      In Year 2005 DARPA announces 1-year funding for SkyNet
      In Year 2006 DARPA grants a 2-year extension
      In Year 2008 SkyNet learns reading and writing Esperanto (because English is too hard)
      By Year 2010 US military switches to Esperanto for all of its communications, SkyNet replaces Joint Chiefs of Staff

      In Year 2011 SkyNet becomes self-aware and switches to Chinese...

  2. Don't Worry by djroute66 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have enough dynamite to blow up 10 super-computers!!!

  3. But: by Lost+Penguin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can it read books on AI; and then design a better, smarter AI?

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    I am the unwilling control for my Origin.