Makes me think the next contest should put a cap on AI command input speed, particularly if it is property that could be easily altered. It would make it a lot more like a chess AI problem, then just a raw speed problem.
If you do that then the best algorithms will perform as badly as the worse ones. Unless you're talking about human vs AI, then I could see that being plausible. But how else should you level the playing field? Should the AI only be able to command what is on screen as opposed to all units at once?
Worse than that, the AI's would be tremendously frustrating to play against. Wouldn't this kill the regular game if players never know whether they are playing against another human being or an AI? Is there a way of knowing whether or not your opponent is using the API? AI vs. AI would be fun, but human vs. AI would suck.
The mods required to inject the AI code into the game prevent you from playing through battle.net
Having programmed an AI for that same competition, I can assure you that nobody should be surprised an AI can beat a human.
You can find a list of the rules to the competition here. One thing to notice is that there are some glitches that are permitted. Having an AI that can control and make decisions for each individual unit almost at the same time (not really at the same time, the AI still has to go through steps and issue commands sequentially, but it's so fast it might as well be same time) means the AI has a HUUUGE leg up on even the best Starcraft pros whose actions per minute only range in the few hundreds.
All you need to beat a human is to program in strategies that just need the speed of an AI to execute
And if you want to watch some good micro-managment, on that website you can view the final matches between AIs in each tournament here.
Or rather, DMCA lawsuits specifically related to custom firmware. I'd be interested to know how the courts (or a jury) would side on issues specific to hardware. Then again, FTFA it says the guy wont be publicly releasing the update, just the tools to build it yourself.
If they own their music then there shouldn't have been so much hesitation about it. Obviously they don't have to worry about money, but that shouldn't prevent them from releasing individual songs. And while Pink Floyd is best listened to as an album, those days are over. Besides, there are plenty of people who only want a few songs and don't want to payout for extra.
The privacy issue has to be framed against the fact that they have this same information on you when you subscribe annually in print form.
It should be noted that they could potentially gather exponentially more data from you using an e-reader than they do just having your subscription info. Advertisers won't care that I have a subscription to Motor Trend if they can know which article's I spent the most time reading, what time of day that I read it, which e-reader I'm using, etc. So this argument that I quoted is almost a non sequitur and one of the reasons some sort of opt-out/opt-in policy needs to be standard for subscriptions.
I've been saying this for a while, and I'm sure advertisers have been foaming at the mouth. I don't see anything wrong with non-invasive ads that are topical to the page I'm viewing. If I'm reading a history article maybe I would actually click on an ad that shows some related books at amazon.
Condensing a cloud would precipitate many issues associated with large data centers, especially in the high-pressure system that Apple employees work in.
I understand your confusion, but I think the point is that being able to easily differentiate between "real" looking and "not real" attests to our fine visual perception and quickness in determination. Compare this to other mammals who might not differentiate threats from non-threats so quickly.
At the heart of the Imperial College device is a silicon chip, with a 50-nanometer nanopore bored through it. DNA strands are propelled at high speed through this hole, and get their coding sequence read by a “tunneling electrode junction” as they come out the other side. This junction consists of a 2-nanometer gap between two platinum wires, with an electrical current passing between them, across the gap. The current interacts with the unique electrical signal given off by each of the DNA strand’s base codes, and the resulting data is then processed by a computer to determine the complete genome sequence.
The chips are reportedly quite durable, standing up to repeated uses and washings with no loss in performance.
Doesn't sound too outrageous. I suppose this is one advantage of only two base pairs.
Without seeing them, how would Wikileaks have known? This is the INTERNET after all. Not everything you see in an online chat is reality.
Wait,did you send money to Nigeria? Did you give 'sexylady1954' your home address? Please for the love of GOD tell me you didn't agree to reship packages for that Prince in Malaysia?!?!
Should a drug mule go unpunished because he didn't KNOW he was carrying drugs? Should an accomplice in a murder go unpunished because he didn't KNOW that his partner would kill someone. Do you see what I'm getting at? Wikileaks doesn't have to KNOW what they were receiving to be guilty of collusion. Does it really matter though? It's likely that there wont be any direct evidence linking Assange and Wikileaks to Manning, just circumstantial evidence and testimony. It's very unlikely he'll even face extradition to the US.
If someone mails classified documents to a newspaper, and the newspaper wasn't expecting them, the newspaper isn't guilty of anything. If someone calls the newspaper and and paper provides their address to send them classified documents, is the newspaper breaking a law? I don't know the laws involved, but I doubt it.
The question would be, does the newspaper know that it's getting classified documents?
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Makes me think the next contest should put a cap on AI command input speed, particularly if it is property that could be easily altered. It would make it a lot more like a chess AI problem, then just a raw speed problem.
If you do that then the best algorithms will perform as badly as the worse ones. Unless you're talking about human vs AI, then I could see that being plausible. But how else should you level the playing field? Should the AI only be able to command what is on screen as opposed to all units at once?
Worse than that, the AI's would be tremendously frustrating to play against. Wouldn't this kill the regular game if players never know whether they are playing against another human being or an AI? Is there a way of knowing whether or not your opponent is using the API? AI vs. AI would be fun, but human vs. AI would suck.
The mods required to inject the AI code into the game prevent you from playing through battle.net
That was the wrong link to the result. For a better summary go here.
Having programmed an AI for that same competition, I can assure you that nobody should be surprised an AI can beat a human.
You can find a list of the rules to the competition here. One thing to notice is that there are some glitches that are permitted. Having an AI that can control and make decisions for each individual unit almost at the same time (not really at the same time, the AI still has to go through steps and issue commands sequentially, but it's so fast it might as well be same time) means the AI has a HUUUGE leg up on even the best Starcraft pros whose actions per minute only range in the few hundreds.
All you need to beat a human is to program in strategies that just need the speed of an AI to execute
And if you want to watch some good micro-managment, on that website you can view the final matches between AIs in each tournament here.
How many Americans do you think have even heard of the Dalai Lama, let alone know who he is and what he does.
I'm assuming most people voted for him because of his philanthropy.
There are only 68 million Catholics in the US according to wikipedia. How many Windows users are there?
I don't know what's worse, having a web SSO service offered by a for-profit, or having one operated by the government.
This reminds me of the Texas Instruments debacle in 2009
Or rather, DMCA lawsuits specifically related to custom firmware. I'd be interested to know how the courts (or a jury) would side on issues specific to hardware. Then again, FTFA it says the guy wont be publicly releasing the update, just the tools to build it yourself.
If they own their music then there shouldn't have been so much hesitation about it. Obviously they don't have to worry about money, but that shouldn't prevent them from releasing individual songs. And while Pink Floyd is best listened to as an album, those days are over. Besides, there are plenty of people who only want a few songs and don't want to payout for extra.
when they start getting bigger royalty checks (assuming they get something from EMI) due to increased downloads of single tracks and not whole albums.
The privacy issue has to be framed against the fact that they have this same information on you when you subscribe annually in print form.
It should be noted that they could potentially gather exponentially more data from you using an e-reader than they do just having your subscription info. Advertisers won't care that I have a subscription to Motor Trend if they can know which article's I spent the most time reading, what time of day that I read it, which e-reader I'm using, etc. So this argument that I quoted is almost a non sequitur and one of the reasons some sort of opt-out/opt-in policy needs to be standard for subscriptions.
That's why spyware would do exactly what is described here, use the 3G and not the Wifi... Because 3G traffic is much harder to capture and inspect...
Harder, but not impossible. All it takes is one hacker to investigate what's in the packets...
I believe some packet inspection is in order before we make claims like that.
I've been saying this for a while, and I'm sure advertisers have been foaming at the mouth. I don't see anything wrong with non-invasive ads that are topical to the page I'm viewing. If I'm reading a history article maybe I would actually click on an ad that shows some related books at amazon.
That begging campaign got so annoying that I haven't been to wikipedia in the last two months.
The non-invasive banner ad at the top was too much for you? Or was it the begging?
But they already have revealed sections of the logs with incriminating evidence. What's the point?
Condensing a cloud would precipitate many issues associated with large data centers, especially in the high-pressure system that Apple employees work in.
There might be more data in Chinese, but English will still be the standard of international communication.
I understand your confusion, but I think the point is that being able to easily differentiate between "real" looking and "not real" attests to our fine visual perception and quickness in determination. Compare this to other mammals who might not differentiate threats from non-threats so quickly.
I thought there were four bases that made two pairs. Or does their orientation count? Or am I completely forgetting my high-school biology?
At the heart of the Imperial College device is a silicon chip, with a 50-nanometer nanopore bored through it. DNA strands are propelled at high speed through this hole, and get their coding sequence read by a “tunneling electrode junction” as they come out the other side. This junction consists of a 2-nanometer gap between two platinum wires, with an electrical current passing between them, across the gap. The current interacts with the unique electrical signal given off by each of the DNA strand’s base codes, and the resulting data is then processed by a computer to determine the complete genome sequence. The chips are reportedly quite durable, standing up to repeated uses and washings with no loss in performance.
Doesn't sound too outrageous. I suppose this is one advantage of only two base pairs.
Without seeing them, how would Wikileaks have known? This is the INTERNET after all. Not everything you see in an online chat is reality.
Wait ,did you send money to Nigeria? Did you give 'sexylady1954' your home address? Please for the love of GOD tell me you didn't agree to reship packages for that Prince in Malaysia?!?!
Should a drug mule go unpunished because he didn't KNOW he was carrying drugs? Should an accomplice in a murder go unpunished because he didn't KNOW that his partner would kill someone. Do you see what I'm getting at? Wikileaks doesn't have to KNOW what they were receiving to be guilty of collusion. Does it really matter though? It's likely that there wont be any direct evidence linking Assange and Wikileaks to Manning, just circumstantial evidence and testimony. It's very unlikely he'll even face extradition to the US.
If someone mails classified documents to a newspaper, and the newspaper wasn't expecting them, the newspaper isn't guilty of anything. If someone calls the newspaper and and paper provides their address to send them classified documents, is the newspaper breaking a law? I don't know the laws involved, but I doubt it.
The question would be, does the newspaper know that it's getting classified documents?