There were some fears of the a-bomb igniting the atmosphere expressed among those at the first a-bomb test, but they weren't really taken seriously. I know there _was_ some serious concern, however, of the first underwater h-bomb test starting a fusion reaction in the ocean itself...
I read both the article and the MIT page, and I still don't have a clear idea of what exactly is so revolutionary/interesting about this thing. It says that it acts "cute" when it's receiving insufficient "attention"...did it learn what "facial expressions" got it more "attention" itself, or is it preprogrammed to assume a specific facial configuration when it's "lonely"?
Unless it learned how to be "cute" itself, it's just an AIBO. Why would MIT be pushing this when they've almost certainly got more significant projects running?
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They're just trying to brute-force one message. Nothing that's directly applicable to any other message.
There were some fears of the a-bomb igniting the atmosphere expressed among those at the first a-bomb test, but they weren't really taken seriously. I know there _was_ some serious concern, however, of the first underwater h-bomb test starting a fusion reaction in the ocean itself...
Simulating the conditions of something is clearly not the same thing as recreating that something. I mean, duh
cypherpunks/cypherpunks. You know the drill...
Unless it learned how to be "cute" itself, it's just an AIBO. Why would MIT be pushing this when they've almost certainly got more significant projects running?