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The Emerging-Behavior Debate

Posted by Hemos on from the how-do-machines-think dept.

weezer writes "Interesting article about 'emergent behavior' of complex robots/devices. This was all over the news tonight too: theories about machines being able to "Think" on their own. Read more about it. " What do you folks think (no pun intended) - how much differently will machines/devices think? Or do they?

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  1. Just what I need... by Signal+11 · · Score: 5

    The word "System Administration" will take on a whole new meaning....
    NT Server: You never listen to me! All you do is play quake and read that nerds for news site! How hard would it be to just E-MAIL me once and awhile, huh?
    3com switch: Look buddy, you keep me here, locked up in this closet all day.. I get no respect, and all I here is "route route route, all night long, route route route, while I sing this song"...
    Linux Server: Now, see here, check out all these graphs of my performance. I just finished that cronjob, balanced out the www sever load, and started the espresso machine. All this BEFORE lunch. Debian 6.3 rules!
    Windows 2010: "I can't get no.. do de do, satis-faction, do de do"
    Cisco Router: I take the packets in, and put the packets out, and I shake 'em all about.. I do the packet-pokey and I ACL alot, that's what it's all about....

    Sun: Does this add-in card make my butt look big?

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