Since the 1980's there had been a rush to develop AI in many countries. From America to Europe to Asia, many universities, even countries, invested a lot in Artificial Intelligence.
While some AI initiatives were just for fun, many had serious objectives.
Some AI research had already borne fruits - The computer trading programs utilized by big trading firms are powered by sophisticated AI engines.
And then, there are AI research which carry a dark objective - intelligent war bots.
Japan is one of the few countries which had invested a lot in AI, and robotics - seemingly fun projects such as the Sony Aibo is serious business to the Japanese, for their aim is to build bots that can tackle all terrain with ease, and when coupled with their AI (like this one which can take exams), can become, if the Japanese wish to, a formidable force of war bots which they can send to front line, in a moment's notice.
The world of "Terminator" may not be very far from being reality, after all.
EFF Wins Release of Secret Court Opinion: NSA Surveillance Unconstitutional
Maybe my pessimism / cynicism have gone haywired, but I do not think this court ruling going to affect Obama administration's determination in construct the United Socialist Soviet States of America
NSA would not only still do whatever they do, in fact, I suspect that they would carry out EVEN MORE dastard projects to subvert (and also pervert) the Constitutions in order to change the U.S. of A. into something akin to a dictatorial wolf which wears a layer of democratic skin
There is no better way to motivate a journalist than to tell them that they aren't allowed to to report on something. I mean, seriously,
Not everyone can be motivated
Not all journalists cares about the truth
For some journalists, yes, it would be a tremendous motivation to find out just how far the big brother has invaded our liberty and how bad our society is suffering from it
But to others, the term "journalist" is but a ticket to fine dinings in posh surroundings, with important people
When we compare journalistic articles of, say, 1960's - 1970's, to what we have now, you would understand that true journalism is, - if not completely dead already, - struggling to stay alive in the ICU
Did you know that truckers have to buy a different diesel fuel than non-commercial drivers? It's more expensive than the regular diesel, the only real difference other than price is the non-commercial has a dye in it so the tax collectors can identify when a driver cheaps out and buys the wrong fuel. This is just an example of where two otherwise identical products are priced differently and are required to be used for different purposes
Want to buy the cheapest diesel ?
Try home-heating fuel oil
They are heavily subsidized for home owners to heat their house during winter, and the only difference in between the home-heating fuel oil and the on-road diesel is that the on-road diesel has most of the sulfur removed
Back in the 1980's a group of Russians was raking in truckloads of money by selling home-heating fuel oils in gas stations they own, in New Jersey
The USAPATRIOT act is a perfect example of this concept
The trouble is..once a law actually gets passed it is virtually impossible to modify the 'bad' out of it, much less repeal the whole things if it is found to be repugnant
That's why, especially these days...It is BEST be very suspicious and hyper-critical of any new laws or legislation that comes up. Regardless of malice, or unforeseen, unintended consequences.....if you let it get passed, it will be damned near impossible to fix or remove it
Before a law becomes a law, it was known as a bill
I am interested to know how many of you guys actually spend time to review the myriad of bills that are awaiting to be passed in the parliament/congress, and/or state-level legislatures/senates ?
Isn't it a little bit too late complaining about "malicious" laws while none of us paid any attention to them when they were still bills ?
I do have an FB account, but I choose to NOT using it since 2004
I can dl the 400GB file, but not via FB
Can someone please transfer that file elsewhere, maybe on the "MEGA" site, so folks like me who do not want to have anything to do with FB can dl that 400GB insurance file for safekeep ?
Nonsense. Vote small (independent) and buy small (independent). Your actions won't count for much but if everyone does this....money won't control politics regardless of the opinion of SCOTUS.
..."but if everyone does this" ?
Sir, I do not know which world you live in, but the world which I am from, the scenario that you have outlined WILL NOT HAPPEN, not when the vast majority of my fellow Americans prefer keep their sheeple status
You mean like the constitution of the USA, which president Bush openly condemned as just a piece of paper?
True, that brainless dude did utter that inexcusable diatribe, but I believe you should also view the following youtube clip -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkpdNtTgQNM
You may be surprised to see, with your own eyes, that the current POTUS has said the following "... that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties"
Brought to you by the same people who entertained you with "Destroyed the Village to Save It" and "Fighting for Peace"
... it hurts me every time people point out the truth of my country, and, it hurts me MORE when I realize that there is NOTHING I could do to change the situation
Indeed, my country is turning, from the best country in the world, into a terrifying state
My heart hurts, man, when I realize that, I, as an American, can't do shit to change the course of my own country
An eskimo would have the same problem, does that mean he cannot understand people ?
In this case he wouldn't understand, but because he lacks knowledge not intelligence. Show him an alligator and a 100 meter hurdles race and he'll be able to answer but the AI will still draw a blank.
I think the word that you're struggling to find is "Inference".
inÂferÂence/Ëinf(É(TM))rÉ(TM)ns/ Noun
1. A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
2. The process of reaching such a conclusion: "order, health, and by inference cleanliness"
I do not know how far the cognitive science has achieved about "Inference" but soon as someone figure out a way to program in the "Inference Rule" into A.I. I will the the last be surprised at how easy it is for computer to understand that something that crawls on its belly (for example: an alligator) might have a pretty tough time jumping over a hurdle, and therefore, the answer would be a flat, "NO", instead of "Don't Know"
Since English isn't my mother tongue, there are times I find myself struggling to understand things others have written.
I have read, and re-read the following, which I copied from TFA:
'In light of the fact that mutations in PINK1 produce Parkinsonâ(TM)s disease in humans, the finding that kinetin can speed mutated PINK1 activity to near normal levels...'
I dunno about you, but the more times I re-read the above the more confused I got
I do understand the gist of TFA is that the chemical "Kinetin" somehow revived the mitochondria to produce the molecule ATP, and that somehow, delayed or stopped the death of the dopamine-producing nerve cells that had been affected by either the loss of, or the mutation of the PINK1 enzyme
I still having difficulties digesting the exact meaning of the above quoted texts, though
What time management methodology are you using? I use the Pomodoro Technique, but am willing to try something new
I have tried several, and the one that I am using is actually a "patched up" version made up of parts and pieces (the ones that made most sense to me) from the several methodologies that I had experimented on
My experience told me that in order to make time management works we need to be able to completely discard those of our past behaviors/habits that waste time (or at least, not utilizing time in effective manners)
As a freelancer I fight against not being efficient with my time every day, and pay the consequences myself
For the routines of my own live which are so deeply rooted that I have problem getting rid off with a clean cut, I alter them bit by bit with a continuous fine tuning process - shaving 3 minutes off a day in one routine, 20 minutes off a week in another, and so on...
We are all creature of habits after all. It's never easy to turn a new leaf just like that
Most important thing is, try NOT to become to too critical on oneself. When I found myself slacking off in one task I try not putting too much negative emote on myself. Rather, I'll try to regain the time that I've lost on my next task, or scrapping off time from several other tasks --- I find that when I do that I'm re-enforcing the message to my own psyche that there is a price of slacking off, and that, in order to avoid a repeat of paying the "penalty" I will do whatever I do on time
The corporate world often do not understand the importance of time - that they made the employees wasting so much time in endless rounds of meaningless meeting and discussions and training and moral boosting sessions, and at the end of the day they place all the blame their employees of not reaching their "productivity goals" while refusing to notice the entire forest instead of focusing on that one single tree
After reading all the 3 FAs I see a pattern --- the overarching focus of "20%" has flushed out one crucial inefficiency, not that of the corporation (Google), but of the engineers, ie.,
Those who claim that "20% time enticement" has turned into "120% overtime nightmare" are the same ones having terrible time management skills
Those who do not know how to manage their time tend to blame "meeting productivity goals" on their inability to meet their goals while using their time effectively
I used to be very terrible on managing my own time - and ended up wasting too much time on unimportant/unnecessary/meaningless routines - looking back on what I had done, I realize that the change of mindset (plus the time management methodology that I'm practicing) has not only has prevented me from wasting time on meaningless routine, it enables me to invest my NEW FOUND FREE TIME to experiment on new things that I've always wanted to try
I bet not all Google Engineers are making the same complain - those who do practices time management still manage to hit their productivity goals within their preset time frame and use their 20% time exploring new ideas, just as it was intended to be
America used to be, and I repeat, USED TO BE a country which everyone looked up to., yours truly included
I came from a communist country, and I was so impressed with the United States of America that I ended up becoming a naturalized American citizen.
The place I came from there was no democracy, no human rights, no freedom and no justice, America had everything that I ever hoped for.
However, my American Dream slowly transformed into American Dismay, and finally ended up as American Disgust
From a country which cherishes and champion Human Rights, the United States becomes a country where "Human Rights" is used as a tool to criticize others
Democracy ? It sure is a convenient device to hoodwink the American voters.
Freedom ? If there is any genuine freedom left in the United States of America Mr. Ladar Levison wouldn't have to shut down Lavabit
Justice ? Can whatever that has happened to Mr. Snowden be anything remotely related to "Justice" ?
I hope you're right. The pessimist in me tells me, though, that you won't have the option to live and not be sheeple
Sir, I do feel what you feel
I too am very pessimistic over this, but still, life has to go on, and, as long as I am still living, I will try my best to not let them decide my life for me
At the very least, I will try to apply what I learn from critical thinking in my daily live, particularly in the aspects which I think they could influence me
To live as an independent individuals has become more and more harder
Oh come on, other people are not making decisions for you just because they show you an advertisement
If you think everything boils down to mere advertisement, you gonna have some big ones coming to ya !
Many times by NOT making decision you already made one, and those who are in the field know very well how to put people on the spot and, even without blinking an eyelid, the future of the sheeples have already been pre-arranged
The question is not does it, or does it not matter companies are tracking us, they ARE tracking us regardless
The real question is what are we, the consumers, going to do?
We can be passive - and let them (the corporations / governments ) manipulate our lives with all their suggestions/advises via their ad/marketing/propaganda campaign (as has been happening for the past few generations)
... or...
We can be on guard and do our best to make sure that our lives stays our lives, not the lives the governments / corporations want us to have
The society in the future will have a new gap, a gap in between people who live their lives as individuals, or, people who live their lives as sheeples
You claimed that you have just moved to US four months ago, and the other fella, four years.
Both of you are so gung ho on the States.
If neither of you are trolls, good for you !
I came from China. In the 1960's I swam to Hong Kong, soldiers were shooting at us back then.
Via Europe I ended up in the Unted States of America in the late 1960's.
When I first landed there, indeed, the States was SUPER WONDERFUL, there were democracy, there were human rights, there were freedom, and people can demonstrate on the street.
It was indeed a very stunning experience for people like me from a communist country.
My happiness in America lasted about 10 years, and then it gradually faded.
Not that I got tired of America, but as I stayed longer there, I get to know America more.
The more I know, the more I understand that the so-called "Freedom", "Democracy", "Human Rights" are mere slogans - as the government of the United States of America does not care one way or another about these things.
The people of America are great, though. But my American Dream was thoroughly disillusioned by the time of Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
By then, America was no longer practice the same thing it preached, and the American press was no longer upholding the same standard as their predecessors in the 1960's and 1970's.
I finally got out of America, back to Asia (but not back to China) in year 2003.
All these do not have to come to pass if not for that "Human Rights Watch"
They are the one who revealed Snowden's use of Lavabit when they intentionally posted Snowden's message along with his email addy, edsnowden@lavabit.com
The "Human Righs Watch" are helping Uncle Sam more than helping Edward Snowden.
Slashdot Mirror
Since the 1980's there had been a rush to develop AI in many countries. From America to Europe to Asia, many universities, even countries, invested a lot in Artificial Intelligence.
While some AI initiatives were just for fun, many had serious objectives.
Some AI research had already borne fruits - The computer trading programs utilized by big trading firms are powered by sophisticated AI engines.
And then, there are AI research which carry a dark objective - intelligent war bots.
Japan is one of the few countries which had invested a lot in AI, and robotics - seemingly fun projects such as the Sony Aibo is serious business to the Japanese, for their aim is to build bots that can tackle all terrain with ease, and when coupled with their AI (like this one which can take exams), can become, if the Japanese wish to, a formidable force of war bots which they can send to front line, in a moment's notice.
The world of "Terminator" may not be very far from being reality, after all.
EFF Wins Release of Secret Court Opinion: NSA Surveillance Unconstitutional
Maybe my pessimism / cynicism have gone haywired, but I do not think this court ruling going to affect Obama administration's determination in construct the United Socialist Soviet States of America
NSA would not only still do whatever they do, in fact, I suspect that they would carry out EVEN MORE dastard projects to subvert (and also pervert ) the Constitutions in order to change the U.S. of A. into something akin to a dictatorial wolf which wears a layer of democratic skin
There is no better way to motivate a journalist than to tell them that they aren't allowed to to report on something. I mean, seriously,
Not everyone can be motivated
Not all journalists cares about the truth
For some journalists, yes, it would be a tremendous motivation to find out just how far the big brother has invaded our liberty and how bad our society is suffering from it
But to others, the term "journalist" is but a ticket to fine dinings in posh surroundings, with important people
When we compare journalistic articles of, say, 1960's - 1970's, to what we have now, you would understand that true journalism is, - if not completely dead already, - struggling to stay alive in the ICU
... thus solving the problem once and for all!
But
ONCE AND FOR ALL!
I guess the Anglo/Rican alliance is felt feeling so powerless that they just had to smash up a MacBook Pro to show that they are powerful
It's not unlike a lame thief who just had to rob candies from a little baby in order to feel great
Did you know that truckers have to buy a different diesel fuel than non-commercial drivers? It's more expensive than the regular diesel, the only real difference other than price is the non-commercial has a dye in it so the tax collectors can identify when a driver cheaps out and buys the wrong fuel. This is just an example of where two otherwise identical products are priced differently and are required to be used for different purposes
Want to buy the cheapest diesel ?
Try home-heating fuel oil
They are heavily subsidized for home owners to heat their house during winter, and the only difference in between the home-heating fuel oil and the on-road diesel is that the on-road diesel has most of the sulfur removed
Back in the 1980's a group of Russians was raking in truckloads of money by selling home-heating fuel oils in gas stations they own, in New Jersey
The USAPATRIOT act is a perfect example of this concept
The trouble is..once a law actually gets passed it is virtually impossible to modify the 'bad' out of it, much less repeal the whole things if it is found to be repugnant
That's why, especially these days...It is BEST be very suspicious and hyper-critical of any new laws or legislation that comes up. Regardless of malice, or unforeseen, unintended consequences.....if you let it get passed, it will be damned near impossible to fix or remove it
Before a law becomes a law, it was known as a bill
I am interested to know how many of you guys actually spend time to review the myriad of bills that are awaiting to be passed in the parliament/congress, and/or state-level legislatures/senates ?
Isn't it a little bit too late complaining about "malicious" laws while none of us paid any attention to them when they were still bills ?
This is what I got when I searched the Pirate Bay
http://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/5728614/
Not Found (aka 404)
You're looking for something that does not, has not, will not, might not or must not exist ... ... but you're always welcome to search for it.
I do have an FB account, but I choose to NOT using it since 2004
I can dl the 400GB file, but not via FB
Can someone please transfer that file elsewhere, maybe on the "MEGA" site, so folks like me who do not want to have anything to do with FB can dl that 400GB insurance file for safekeep ?
Nonsense. Vote small (independent) and buy small (independent). Your actions won't count for much but if everyone does this ....money won't control politics regardless of the opinion of SCOTUS.
Sir, I do not know which world you live in, but the world which I am from, the scenario that you have outlined WILL NOT HAPPEN, not when the vast majority of my fellow Americans prefer keep their sheeple status
You mean like the constitution of the USA, which president Bush openly condemned as just a piece of paper?
True, that brainless dude did utter that inexcusable diatribe, but I believe you should also view the following youtube clip -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkpdNtTgQNM
You may be surprised to see, with your own eyes, that the current POTUS has said the following "... that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties "
Papers, please.
Brought to you by the same people who entertained you with "Destroyed the Village to Save It" and "Fighting for Peace"
... it hurts me every time people point out the truth of my country, and, it hurts me MORE when I realize that there is NOTHING I could do to change the situation
Indeed, my country is turning, from the best country in the world, into a terrifying state
My heart hurts, man, when I realize that, I, as an American, can't do shit to change the course of my own country
How many effective READ/WRITE cycle can the chip in SSD perform, before they start degrading ?
Has there been any comparison made in between the reliability (eg read/write cycles) of old fashion spinning-plate HD versus that of SSD ?
An eskimo would have the same problem, does that mean he cannot understand people ?
In this case he wouldn't understand, but because he lacks knowledge not intelligence. Show him an alligator and a 100 meter hurdles race and he'll be able to answer but the AI will still draw a blank.
I think the word that you're struggling to find is "Inference".
inÂferÂence /Ëinf(É(TM))rÉ(TM)ns/
Noun
1. A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
2. The process of reaching such a conclusion: "order, health, and by inference cleanliness"
I do not know how far the cognitive science has achieved about "Inference" but soon as someone figure out a way to program in the "Inference Rule" into A.I. I will the the last be surprised at how easy it is for computer to understand that something that crawls on its belly (for example: an alligator) might have a pretty tough time jumping over a hurdle, and therefore, the answer would be a flat, "NO", instead of "Don't Know"
Since English isn't my mother tongue, there are times I find myself struggling to understand things others have written.
I have read, and re-read the following, which I copied from TFA:
'In light of the fact that mutations in PINK1 produce Parkinsonâ(TM)s disease in humans, the finding that kinetin can speed mutated PINK1 activity to near normal levels ...'
I dunno about you, but the more times I re-read the above the more confused I got
I do understand the gist of TFA is that the chemical "Kinetin" somehow revived the mitochondria to produce the molecule ATP, and that somehow, delayed or stopped the death of the dopamine-producing nerve cells that had been affected by either the loss of, or the mutation of the PINK1 enzyme
I still having difficulties digesting the exact meaning of the above quoted texts, though
What time management methodology are you using? I use the Pomodoro Technique, but am willing to try something new
I have tried several, and the one that I am using is actually a "patched up" version made up of parts and pieces (the ones that made most sense to me) from the several methodologies that I had experimented on
My experience told me that in order to make time management works we need to be able to completely discard those of our past behaviors/habits that waste time (or at least, not utilizing time in effective manners)
As a freelancer I fight against not being efficient with my time every day, and pay the consequences myself
For the routines of my own live which are so deeply rooted that I have problem getting rid off with a clean cut, I alter them bit by bit with a continuous fine tuning process - shaving 3 minutes off a day in one routine, 20 minutes off a week in another, and so on ...
We are all creature of habits after all. It's never easy to turn a new leaf just like that
Most important thing is, try NOT to become to too critical on oneself. When I found myself slacking off in one task I try not putting too much negative emote on myself. Rather, I'll try to regain the time that I've lost on my next task, or scrapping off time from several other tasks --- I find that when I do that I'm re-enforcing the message to my own psyche that there is a price of slacking off, and that, in order to avoid a repeat of paying the "penalty" I will do whatever I do on time
The corporate world often do not understand the importance of time - that they made the employees wasting so much time in endless rounds of meaningless meeting and discussions and training and moral boosting sessions, and at the end of the day they place all the blame their employees of not reaching their "productivity goals" while refusing to notice the entire forest instead of focusing on that one single tree
After reading all the 3 FAs I see a pattern --- the overarching focus of "20%" has flushed out one crucial inefficiency, not that of the corporation (Google), but of the engineers, ie.,
Those who claim that "20% time enticement" has turned into "120% overtime nightmare" are the same ones having terrible time management skills
Those who do not know how to manage their time tend to blame "meeting productivity goals" on their inability to meet their goals while using their time effectively
I used to be very terrible on managing my own time - and ended up wasting too much time on unimportant/unnecessary/meaningless routines - looking back on what I had done, I realize that the change of mindset (plus the time management methodology that I'm practicing) has not only has prevented me from wasting time on meaningless routine, it enables me to invest my NEW FOUND FREE TIME to experiment on new things that I've always wanted to try
I bet not all Google Engineers are making the same complain - those who do practices time management still manage to hit their productivity goals within their preset time frame and use their 20% time exploring new ideas, just as it was intended to be
America used to be, and I repeat, USED TO BE a country which everyone looked up to., yours truly included
I came from a communist country, and I was so impressed with the United States of America that I ended up becoming a naturalized American citizen.
The place I came from there was no democracy, no human rights, no freedom and no justice, America had everything that I ever hoped for.
However, my American Dream slowly transformed into American Dismay, and finally ended up as American Disgust
From a country which cherishes and champion Human Rights, the United States becomes a country where "Human Rights" is used as a tool to criticize others
Democracy ? It sure is a convenient device to hoodwink the American voters.
Freedom ? If there is any genuine freedom left in the United States of America Mr. Ladar Levison wouldn't have to shut down Lavabit
Justice ? Can whatever that has happened to Mr. Snowden be anything remotely related to "Justice" ?
I hope you're right. The pessimist in me tells me, though, that you won't have the option to live and not be sheeple
Sir, I do feel what you feel
I too am very pessimistic over this, but still, life has to go on, and, as long as I am still living, I will try my best to not let them decide my life for me
At the very least, I will try to apply what I learn from critical thinking in my daily live, particularly in the aspects which I think they could influence me
To live as an independent individuals has become more and more harder
I'm stupid, does that make me smart?
If you really know that you are stupid, at the very least you are not as stupid as those who think that they are not stupid
This only affects stupid people
HA !
Those who think that they are not stupid, ARE
Oh come on, other people are not making decisions for you just because they show you an advertisement
If you think everything boils down to mere advertisement, you gonna have some big ones coming to ya !
Many times by NOT making decision you already made one, and those who are in the field know very well how to put people on the spot and, even without blinking an eyelid, the future of the sheeples have already been pre-arranged
The question is not does it, or does it not matter companies are tracking us, they ARE tracking us regardless
The real question is what are we, the consumers, going to do?
We can be passive - and let them (the corporations / governments ) manipulate our lives with all their suggestions/advises via their ad/marketing/propaganda campaign (as has been happening for the past few generations)
We can be on guard and do our best to make sure that our lives stays our lives, not the lives the governments / corporations want us to have
The society in the future will have a new gap, a gap in between people who live their lives as individuals, or, people who live their lives as sheeples
You claimed that you have just moved to US four months ago, and the other fella, four years.
Both of you are so gung ho on the States.
If neither of you are trolls, good for you !
I came from China. In the 1960's I swam to Hong Kong, soldiers were shooting at us back then.
Via Europe I ended up in the Unted States of America in the late 1960's.
When I first landed there, indeed, the States was SUPER WONDERFUL, there were democracy, there were human rights, there were freedom, and people can demonstrate on the street.
It was indeed a very stunning experience for people like me from a communist country.
My happiness in America lasted about 10 years, and then it gradually faded.
Not that I got tired of America, but as I stayed longer there, I get to know America more.
The more I know, the more I understand that the so-called "Freedom", "Democracy", "Human Rights" are mere slogans - as the government of the United States of America does not care one way or another about these things.
The people of America are great, though. But my American Dream was thoroughly disillusioned by the time of Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
By then, America was no longer practice the same thing it preached, and the American press was no longer upholding the same standard as their predecessors in the 1960's and 1970's.
I finally got out of America, back to Asia (but not back to China) in year 2003.
I've had enough of the hypocrisy.
As a holder of the passport issued by the government of the United States of America, I have not been living in the States for more than a decades
I moved out in the late 1990's. I stay in Asia and in Africa now, and have foregone the idea of staying inside ONE country for the rest of my life
If I am going to be a citizen of the world, I will be a citizen of the WORLD
protip: learn to speak several languages, they will come very handy
All these do not have to come to pass if not for that "Human Rights Watch"
They are the one who revealed Snowden's use of Lavabit when they intentionally posted Snowden's message along with his email addy, edsnowden@lavabit.com
The "Human Righs Watch" are helping Uncle Sam more than helping Edward Snowden.