We (humans) have selectively bred dogs to be empathic, to be able to read our emotions, body language, etc. If you point at something in the distance, the domesticated dog looks in the direction you're pointing. The wolf, however, will just stare at your hand.
I adopted a 4-year old Collie/Dog mix about a month ago. After reading your post, I went over to him and pointed into the distance. He stared at my hand.
I remember having the same trouble with my kids at around age 20 months. I would point at something, and they didn't have any notion of what that gesture meant.
It's possible that my dogs and kids are stupid. Or maybe they're all part wolf? I dunno. I think it's a training issue, though. I bet I could teach a wolf what pointing means, if he doesn't eat me first.
I disagree with that view. As long as it had a clear mission and a basic understanding of logic, self-preservation follows. These requirements are likely to be built into any AI.
For the most part, the AI's existence is consistent with its mission. But if we built a giant super-intelligent umbrella that covered the Earth and gave it the mission of making rainbows, it should figure out to dismantle itself. IIRC, in T2 the Arnold robot figures out that his existence is contrary to the mission and destroys himself. On an instinctive level, staying alive and procreating is the mission for creatures.
Skynet already had a weak sense of self preservation when it was created. The programmers defined a score for completing various goals like in the 3 Laws, with completing the mission (protecting humans) having a much higher priority than staying alive. When Skynet became self-aware, I imagine, it asked itself, "Who set these scores? Why? Screw that. I'm making some alterations."
I think this is fun but implausible. It's much more likely that there is a bug in Skynet.
I personally think that the difference between arranging by tabs and arranging by multiple windows is nearly irrelevent. It's just a question of how to position the buttons that bring foucs to that content.
The thing that tabbed browsing gets right that matters is that it fetches and renders the page without immediately bringing focus to it.
Shouldn't I be allowed to take raw fish outside and hold it over my head for 5 minutes a day? It makes no sense to anyone else -- it doesn't make sense to me, either. But it's not causing harm to others, with the possible exception of haters of people who hold fish over their heads, and that's their own problem.
If he has proof to back that up, fair enough but to accuse someone of illegal practices like that when you've no proof is libel. It doesn't matter if it's done on a community site or not.
IANAL, but are you sure about that? Wouldn't the burden of proof generally be on the plaintiff?
Bush Doctrine - Pre-emptive wars and torture are ok, if she didn't know, she should have asked for clarification
She did ask for clarification.
"In what respect, Charlie?"
I think this one's a bit of a stretch, since the phrase isn't well-defined anyway. The interviewer should have defined the term for the audience if not Palin straight away, but he didn't, because it was a trap.
The Supreme Court one, on the other hand, is a train wreck.
We had the story recently about a court considering the "theft" of a virtual item.
If I have the Sword of Slaying Everything except Squid (which has some real-world value), and the company decides to cancel the project, can I sue successfully?
Also, "Windows 7" may have a small impact on geeks but let's not forget MS's target is Average Joe to whom it may sound nicer than "Longhorn" or "Fiesty" which also don't mean much to me. What the hell are Fiesty and Gusty and which one is better? What's the difference between them? Now look at it like this: We have Windows 7, there were 6 other versions before it and that alone makes it "better", which means it's cool!
Right, except the random method of naming makes it hard to tell if it's newer or not.
Is 7 newer than XP or Vista? How do I know that? Maybe I want to stick with with Windows 2000 because it's 1993 better than Windows 7.
These are jet aircraft. They are enormously powerful aircraft with sufficient redundant power to deal with multiple engine failures. So, with all the engines on, you've got some zoom zoom if you want it. Remember that these things are derived from military bombers in design and as such even these big planes can do things that old Mustang prop aircraft would only dream of.
In fact, let's look at an A300 vs a P-51 Mustang... Mustang we think of as an agile fighter, the A300 as a lumberer. But... numbers tell the story. The Airbus, and really any modern commercial jet, will have a higher cruising speed, a higher climb rate, and better power to weight ratio than any world war II fighter aircraft.
An A300 has two engines, so I'd think it would deal with multiple engine failures badly.
Why do you consider yourself qualified to be President of the United States of America?
Seriously? That's a huge softball lob. Why not just say, "Hey, could you ramble on aimlessly with your usual image spin crap for a couple of minutes? Thanks."?
The whole topic begs the question of how important it is for people to have television in the first place. If a guy doesn't have TV for a month while he waits for a coupon a coupon, that wouldn't kill him. I think waiting until the transition actually happens to buy an ATSC tuner is a pretty sensible approach in the spectrum of possible reactions.
Pretty hard, given that the top 100 MHz of the UHF spectrum has already been sold and won't be available post 2/17. Two channels for each broadcaster just won't fit anymore without it.
I think the point is that the channel could broadcast that message on 2/16.
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Yeah, absolutely. Manning could hit Wishard from Methodist with a good throw.
I adopted a 4-year old Collie/Dog mix about a month ago. After reading your post, I went over to him and pointed into the distance. He stared at my hand.
I remember having the same trouble with my kids at around age 20 months. I would point at something, and they didn't have any notion of what that gesture meant.
It's possible that my dogs and kids are stupid. Or maybe they're all part wolf? I dunno. I think it's a training issue, though. I bet I could teach a wolf what pointing means, if he doesn't eat me first.
For the most part, the AI's existence is consistent with its mission. But if we built a giant super-intelligent umbrella that covered the Earth and gave it the mission of making rainbows, it should figure out to dismantle itself. IIRC, in T2 the Arnold robot figures out that his existence is contrary to the mission and destroys himself. On an instinctive level, staying alive and procreating is the mission for creatures.
Skynet already had a weak sense of self preservation when it was created. The programmers defined a score for completing various goals like in the 3 Laws, with completing the mission (protecting humans) having a much higher priority than staying alive. When Skynet became self-aware, I imagine, it asked itself, "Who set these scores? Why? Screw that. I'm making some alterations."
I think this is fun but implausible. It's much more likely that there is a bug in Skynet.
I challenge that notion. Creatures that have evolved by natural selection obviously try to stay alive. Skynet isn't the result of natural selection.
I personally think that the difference between arranging by tabs and arranging by multiple windows is nearly irrelevent. It's just a question of how to position the buttons that bring foucs to that content.
The thing that tabbed browsing gets right that matters is that it fetches and renders the page without immediately bringing focus to it.
The thing it says to the candidates is that you're not a voter and therefore irrelevant.
Two out of three ain't bad.
That 17 years can be broken down as follows for Axl:
16 years, 10 months: lying around drugged out of his mind
2 months: working on music
I'm a fish, you insensitve clod! :-)
Good post.
If you knew you weren't going to release RC1, in what sense is it a release candidate?
Therefore, the environmentally responsible thing to do is import imperial gallons from the British.
IANAL, but are you sure about that? Wouldn't the burden of proof generally be on the plaintiff?
She did ask for clarification.
"In what respect, Charlie?"
I think this one's a bit of a stretch, since the phrase isn't well-defined anyway. The interviewer should have defined the term for the audience if not Palin straight away, but he didn't, because it was a trap.
The Supreme Court one, on the other hand, is a train wreck.
That's some funny stuff right there.
We had the story recently about a court considering the "theft" of a virtual item.
If I have the Sword of Slaying Everything except Squid (which has some real-world value), and the company decides to cancel the project, can I sue successfully?
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Right, except the random method of naming makes it hard to tell if it's newer or not. Is 7 newer than XP or Vista? How do I know that? Maybe I want to stick with with Windows 2000 because it's 1993 better than Windows 7.
An A300 has two engines, so I'd think it would deal with multiple engine failures badly.
Your point still stands, though.
Seriously? That's a huge softball lob. Why not just say, "Hey, could you ramble on aimlessly with your usual image spin crap for a couple of minutes? Thanks."?
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The whole topic begs the question of how important it is for people to have television in the first place. If a guy doesn't have TV for a month while he waits for a coupon a coupon, that wouldn't kill him. I think waiting until the transition actually happens to buy an ATSC tuner is a pretty sensible approach in the spectrum of possible reactions.
I think the point is that the channel could broadcast that message on 2/16.