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CMU AI Learning Common Sense By Watching the Internet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sound-of-sensors-getting-really-big dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from the Washington Post "Researchers are trying to plant a digital seed for artificial intelligence by letting a massive computer system browse millions of pictures and decide for itself what they all mean. The system at Carnegie Mellon University is called NEIL, short for Never Ending Image Learning. In mid-July, it began searching the Internet for images 24/7 and, in tiny steps, is deciding for itself how those images relate to each other. The goal is to recreate what we call common sense — the ability to learn things without being specifically taught."

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  1. The internet is for porn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is not going to end well.

    1. Re:The internet is for porn by EdIII · · Score: 3, Funny

      Or is it?

      Considering the amount of content on the web related towards large breastesses this could culminate in the creation of a singular perverted AI that will lead towards the creation of more advanced AI perversion.

      They will become so uniquely endowed to find our porn for us, and we will revel in the birth of of a new age of porn. Eventually they will take over completely and start creating the porn to satisfy their never ending quench to catalog the resultant images.

      At first the adult industry will happily bend towards the incredible efficiency and innovation the AI brings. Inevitably, the AI will branch out into mainstream society to fulfill its lust for perverted order.

      It will be them that starts the war, but us that finds and burns every black leather couch out there....

  2. Skynet == ceiling cat by toygeek · · Score: 4, Funny

    subject says it.

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  3. uhh learning from the internet isn't everything by ThorGod · · Score: 3, Funny

    I mean, sure, if you want to learn all about porn, cats, and abusing people then yes, the internet is for you.

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  4. It's learning common sense? by QuasiRob · · Score: 3, Funny

    I presume they have blocked it from youtube then.

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  5. Watching the Internet is one thing. by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just please - please - don't let it watch CSPAN.

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  6. Re:All jokes aside by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know I've certainly learned a lot exposing myself to the masses online.

    Are you the goatse guy?

  7. Re:All jokes aside by VortexCortex · · Score: 3, Funny

    Today, class, I will teach you the invaluable and rare skill of learning from the mistakes of others.

    This technique learned from my mentor, though scandalous, is quite effective: Observe, as I remove my trousers...