The reason AI solutions are always 10 years away is that when AI problems are understood, such as the sorting problem, they can be studied mathematically, and then when these problems are understood mathematically then they are no longer AI problems.
Take the sorting algorithm, ten or twenty years ago, sorting was considered an AI problem. Today every first year programming class teaches you how to do sorting. Sorting is so well understood mathematically, that it would be rediculous to consider sorting as an AI problem (at least today!!)
The problem is, as you stated, with society in general. Society teaches us to discriminate based on culture, religion, sexual orientation, and gender (among a huge list of others...).
YES women have come a long way in the last 50 years. 50 years ago, a woman would make about 20 cents on the dollar to a man doing the exact same job. Today that figure is at about 73 cents to the dollar. That's great.
I can't tell you how many times I've been told, "you should be happy, look how great it is for women now..." Well, shoot me if I'm wrong, but I will not be happy untill women make 100 cents to the dollar for the same work as men.
What's the solution?? how do we get there.... well, we can start by having each of us make a personal effort to not discriminate. Eventually such attitudes become ingrained in society, and society standards will change. it just takes a long time =(.
The point is, the number of women interested in science / engineering / computer science is growing. And with proper nurturing, will continue to grow. But discrimination will not go away without a consious effort to make it go away.
As the number of women in the techinical industry grow, so will their buying power, and marketing value. Maybe then we will start to see games and marketing targeted for the female consumer.
just my $0.02 worth or for you men ($0.0146 worth) =)
I agree with you that Kevin Mitnick's cracking were of no great technical skill. But the way the entire case was handled by the court system and the media was and is outragous. They went after him, they wanted to make an example out of him. They made him the martyr that he is!
The fact is that : if you leave your front door open, and someone walks in, is that considered breaking and entering??
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it must have been the day that they publicized the pre-order of the 6th Harry Potter book!!
=)
of course that does not ship till june... =(
The reason AI solutions are always 10 years away is that when AI problems are understood, such as the sorting problem, they can be studied mathematically, and then when these problems are understood mathematically then they are no longer AI problems.
Take the sorting algorithm, ten or twenty years ago, sorting was considered an AI problem. Today every first year programming class teaches you how to do sorting. Sorting is so well understood mathematically, that it would be rediculous to consider sorting as an AI problem (at least today!!)
The really sad truth is that ignorence is bliss.
Ignorent people do not realize that they are ignorent.
Finally a guy who has a clue.
The problem is, as you stated, with society in general. Society teaches us to discriminate based on culture, religion, sexual orientation, and gender (among a huge list of others...).
YES women have come a long way in the last 50 years. 50 years ago, a woman would make about 20 cents
on the dollar to a man doing the exact same job. Today that figure is at about 73 cents to the dollar. That's great.
I can't tell you how many times I've been told, "you should be happy, look how great it is for women now..."
Well, shoot me if I'm wrong, but I will not be happy untill women make 100 cents to the dollar for the same work as men.
What's the solution?? how do we get there....
well, we can start by having each of us make a personal effort to not discriminate. Eventually such attitudes become ingrained in society, and society standards will change. it just takes a long time =(.
The point is, the number of women interested in science / engineering / computer science is growing. And with proper nurturing, will continue to grow. But discrimination will not go away without a consious effort to make it go away.
As the number of women in the techinical industry grow, so will their buying power, and marketing value. Maybe then we will start to see games and marketing targeted for the female consumer.
just my $0.02 worth
or for you men ($0.0146 worth)
=)
I agree with you that Kevin Mitnick's cracking were of no great technical skill. But the
way the entire case was handled by the court
system and the media was and is outragous. They
went after him, they wanted to make an example out
of him. They made him the martyr that he is!
The fact is that : if you leave your front door
open, and someone walks in, is that considered
breaking and entering??