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U.S. Plan For "Thinking Machines" Repository

Posted by samzenpus on from the save-those-ideas-for-later dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Information scientists organized by the US's NIST say they will create a "concept bank" that programmers can use to build thinking machines that reason about complex problems at the frontiers of knowledge — from advanced manufacturing to biomedicine. The agreement by ontologists — experts in word meanings and in using appropriate words to build actionable machine commands — outlines the critical functions of the Open Ontology Repository (OOR). More on the summit that produced the agreement here."

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  1. Shit by Peter_The_Linux_Nerd · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shit, we really are going to have to start watching and learning from the terminator films now.

    1. Re:Shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Oh, heavens no. We'll just need to review the collected works of Azimov, less the barbarous affront to his estate that was "I, Will Smith".

    2. Re:Shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      No, watching the Terminator movies isn't going to help you get laid with Linda Hamilton. And sadly, the movies didn't even have any kinky robot-human sex.

      For that you have to turn to Futurama! And yes, Futurama does have a workable model with which you can work. We just need to convince Lucy Liu to allow us to scan her body and her mind (optional).

    3. Re:Shit by phtpht · · Score: 2, Funny

      Shit, we really are going to have to start watching and learning from the terminator films now.

      At a geometric rate?

  2. I, for one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Just imagine how fast they could post catchphrases! They will hunt down low numbered users. AC is humanity's last hope for survival.

  3. Re:Ok, humanity is screwed by Chris+Burke · · Score: 3, Funny

    Like the bit in Star Wars when Luke Skywalker almost asked Leia out and, well, they would have had kids together and everything OMG! And lucky that C3P0 was such a patsy and ruined it for them. It was almost incestuous!

    Not that I've ever come across that in real life, but definitely brother-sister relationships are a no-no.

    I know. I'm an only child -- as far as I know. So whenever I get shot down by a woman, I just remember the lesson of Star Wars, and figure that she was probably just my long lost sister so I'm better off anyway.

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  4. Re:Awesome by The+Great+Pretender · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm sure the answer will be 42

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  5. Re:Ok, humanity is screwed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    One of your exes? So it passed the Turing test?