From that follows that if it is possible to accurately model a single neuron (which I believe it is, or eventually will be), then the only thing standing between a computer and intelligence is computing power.
The flaw in your argument is that just because you know how to simulate a neuron, does not mean you know how to connect simulated neurons together and "boot them up" in such a way as to function intelligently.
Stop bullshitting about stuff you don't understand. "Google's Not Unix" is short for "Google is Not Unix". It reflects actual speaking patterns. It's a valid contraction. So shut the fuck up.
Are you joking? Remember something from history class called the Great Leap Forward? Only 25 million people starved to death in China. But that's a drop in the bucket for China eh?
Yes, only 25 million. More people have died due to poverty in India than died in the "Great Leap Forward" - according to Amyarta Sen - Nobel-prizewinner in economics. Despite the fact that India is a democracy and therefore the government is ostensibly/ultimately answerable to the electorate.
That's not correct. We Brits use the "thousand million" definition now as well - have done for many years. It would have been too confusing to have kept a separate incompatible definition of a number word like that.
Stop. I presume that some of Gartner's employees have actually done some programming - otherwise why would anyone pay attention to anything Gartner said?
I found out much later that apparently she did, and that she'd told another friend of hers that I'd been hitting on her and otherwise paying her unwanted attention.
Perhaps she was just puffing up what had happened to make herself sound more interesting? Perhaps she was a psycho? Who knows.
Bloody hell - God forbid that people who have worked for you for X years should feel any kind of entitlement to anything! They should take their scraps and crumbs and be grateful, gosh-darn it!
Perhaps the next generation of Indians that have grabbed the IT "brass ring" will produce larger families, if only to help their country meet demand for IT workers.
I don't think there's any need for that. India has no shortage of people - what it needs is more well-educated, well-trained people. i.e. more university places in IT, better access to education, etc.
In the UK there are multiple issuers too (at least two) but that's besides the point. It's the same currency, just different issuers. Scottish banknotes look different to English banknotes, but are issued in the same currency - pounds sterling.
And now we see where some of the problem lies.Checking and balancing is the job of the SUPREME court.
Actually, no, not just the SCOTUS. Every judge in the United States has an obligation to ensure that the constitution is followed. Some judges choose to ignore this obligation or have very creative interpretations of the constitution, but that's another matter.
I never get the fascination with Generation whatever articles.
Marketers love demographics (rightly or wrongly). Remember, marketers are the real customers of news media. The media exist today primarily to sell eyeballs to advertisers.
Do you really believe a company like Fox thinks it is economic to steal anything someone posts to MySpace
Er, pretty much this has already happened. If you read Slashdot recently, you'd have noticed that in the UK, the Mail, the Sun (part of the same parent company as Fox), and the Guardian have all been caught plagiarising from blogs. MySpace hosts blogs. QED.
They'd spend more than they'd make just to find something worth stealing.
They would not search the blogs in alphabetical order, they would pick up the good ones via reputation.
...which is rather like saying 'I hope this wonderful Christmas we've just had changes the attitudes of turkeys'.
That comment actually makes no sense. The people who control a company are its leaders, by definition. If you turn a hierarchy upside down (which would make no sense, and is not, of course, what Google are actually doing), the people at the top would still be leaders, by definition.
But more to the point, having to act your age, not being able to throw a hissy-fit and throw chairs any more, and having to act rationally, is not equivalent to being slaughtered in an industrial production line meat-packing plant. The comparison is silly.
watching industry's response to changes in their vendors' offerings, i've even seen companies change the nature of their core scientific 'truths' after a particular functionality tweak or slowdown means that otherwise they wouldn't be able to get out of the office at 5.00pm on a friday.
What does that actually mean? How can you change something like a physical constant?
But if they used their vast wealth to research and replace their own oil supplies, then they would continue to receive revenue and thus build more palaces.
Let's look at some well-known energy alternatives: solar, hydropower, wind power, wave power, nuclear. Hmmm. Don't you notice one important thing about all of these alternatives?
That's right - None of these are opportunities for oil-rich Middle Eastern dictatorships to make any money, because none of them require significant amounts of oil. There's your answer. Try thinking a bit harder next time!
Assuming two sizably different economies take a 'hit' for whatever reason, the smaller economy will take more damage than the larger one. This was actually shown in Asia when SE Asian economies near-tanked but China and India actually grew.
Yup, which is one reason why the EU and Euro are very good ideas and the UK Independence Party are a bunch of loons.
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The flaw in your argument is that just because you know how to simulate a neuron, does not mean you know how to connect simulated neurons together and "boot them up" in such a way as to function intelligently.
I doubt it.
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Stop bullshitting about stuff you don't understand. "Google's Not Unix" is short for "Google is Not Unix". It reflects actual speaking patterns. It's a valid contraction. So shut the fuck up.
Yes, only 25 million. More people have died due to poverty in India than died in the "Great Leap Forward" - according to Amyarta Sen - Nobel-prizewinner in economics. Despite the fact that India is a democracy and therefore the government is ostensibly/ultimately answerable to the electorate.
Stop. I presume that some of Gartner's employees have actually done some programming - otherwise why would anyone pay attention to anything Gartner said?
That's not evidence for macroevolution, though, is it? When ID people debate evolution what they really have a problem with is macroevolution.
Perhaps she was just puffing up what had happened to make herself sound more interesting? Perhaps she was a psycho? Who knows.
Bloody hell - God forbid that people who have worked for you for X years should feel any kind of entitlement to anything! They should take their scraps and crumbs and be grateful, gosh-darn it!
I don't think there's any need for that. India has no shortage of people - what it needs is more well-educated, well-trained people. i.e. more university places in IT, better access to education, etc.
Actually, no, not just the SCOTUS. Every judge in the United States has an obligation to ensure that the constitution is followed. Some judges choose to ignore this obligation or have very creative interpretations of the constitution, but that's another matter.
Marketers love demographics (rightly or wrongly). Remember, marketers are the real customers of news media. The media exist today primarily to sell eyeballs to advertisers.
Er, pretty much this has already happened. If you read Slashdot recently, you'd have noticed that in the UK, the Mail, the Sun (part of the same parent company as Fox), and the Guardian have all been caught plagiarising from blogs. MySpace hosts blogs. QED.
They'd spend more than they'd make just to find something worth stealing.
They would not search the blogs in alphabetical order, they would pick up the good ones via reputation.
That comment actually makes no sense. The people who control a company are its leaders, by definition. If you turn a hierarchy upside down (which would make no sense, and is not, of course, what Google are actually doing), the people at the top would still be leaders, by definition.
But more to the point, having to act your age, not being able to throw a hissy-fit and throw chairs any more, and having to act rationally, is not equivalent to being slaughtered in an industrial production line meat-packing plant. The comparison is silly.
(a) It does
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(b) It was in inverted commas, it wasn't exactly subtle!
What does that actually mean? How can you change something like a physical constant?
Let's look at some well-known energy alternatives: solar, hydropower, wind power, wave power, nuclear. Hmmm. Don't you notice one important thing about all of these alternatives?
That's right - None of these are opportunities for oil-rich Middle Eastern dictatorships to make any money, because none of them require significant amounts of oil. There's your answer. Try thinking a bit harder next time!
Yup, which is one reason why the EU and Euro are very good ideas and the UK Independence Party are a bunch of loons.