Yes it is portable. Ie, I could take the source code they used to make the app in the demo, and compile it under OS X and it would work. Or I could compile it under a version of GNUStep for windows, and it would work fine.
The space plane concept wasn't bad, and it still isnt. One of the main problems with it though was because of constant budget cuts to the program NASA had to keep on taking out certain features of the shuttle which eventually made it what it is now. Some of the original concepts for the spaceshuttle were truly fascinating and much more effecient then the current shuttle.
Umm... I dunno, but I doubt scaled composites has the resources to design a successor to the spaceshuttle. Especially one that is going to have to have as many roles as the CEV.
I dunno, but to me it seems like there are two different ways to go about this.
One is the way that CycCorp is going which is to create a giant knowledgebase and feed the AI tons and tons of data. Eventually just by the fact that is has so much data, it can become semi intelligent.
Another way, would probablly be to actually have the AI interact with the enviroment and learn by doing. Even in this case though, it would still be preferable for the AI to have a knowledgebase it could look into to find general information. Just like how humans have the internet and books to read up on when they want to learn something new that might be prohibitive to actually do in real life.
For example, say you want to be intelligent about nuclear reactors. You have two choices
You could, build a nuclear reactor You could also read up a lot of information on nuclear reactors
In most cases you will end up reading up information on the reactor, maybe if your lucky you can actually design one and work on it. But just because you haven't built one and only read up on them thoroughly does not make you any less "intelligent" in that field.
I guess what im trying to say is, why reinvent the wheel. Why have the AI try to learn everything the way humans have?
Their system is more of a refrence of all knowledge. It is not the actual AI system. I mean look at it this way, a person creates a very advanced nueral net that can learn. Now you need to feed it information right? well, attach it to CycCorp's database and it has a huge amount of information it can go through to help it build its nueral pathways.
What they are doing is very interesting. By compiling the majority of human knowledge into a gian database, it should make AI development much easier to pursue.
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http://www.space.com/news/nasa_budget_050207.html
:-(
This is a big loss in my opinion
They decided to cancel the JIMO mission because of lack of funding. Those bastards...
The upcoming 970MX is dual core.
Doesn't XCode have a feature that lets you "vectorize" certain parts of your code already?
Wow.. some of those later themes, 30-40 look really really nice.
I dunno about being slow and shitty.... I am currently learning Objective-C and I find it more elegant then C++.
Plus, combined with InterfaceBuidler/GORM you can do some very very interesting stuff with it.
Yes it is portable. Ie, I could take the source code they used to make the app in the demo, and compile it under OS X and it would work. Or I could compile it under a version of GNUStep for windows, and it would work fine.
By compatibility with OS X, they mean that a GNUStep app can easily be compiled in OS X. I think that is what they mean at least.
But does it run BSD?
Anticompetitive for you
Good for me
What If the industry had switched to GaAs microprocessors?
And we would still be on OS 8 right now, waiting until 2006 for OS 9.
I hope someone beats google.
The power and information google has and will continue to imporve upon is scary.
No way dude, all though the last season might have sucked balls, this current season is amazing. Some of the best trek I have seen in years!
The space plane concept wasn't bad, and it still isnt. One of the main problems with it though was because of constant budget cuts to the program NASA had to keep on taking out certain features of the shuttle which eventually made it what it is now. Some of the original concepts for the spaceshuttle were truly fascinating and much more effecient then the current shuttle.
Umm, one of the main goals of the CEV is to get it to the moon... not just to LEO.
Umm... I dunno, but I doubt scaled composites has the resources to design a successor to the spaceshuttle. Especially one that is going to have to have as many roles as the CEV.
Boeing and Lockheed?
abundant fuel? the most abundant fuel is from the sun.
Nono, the grandfather post was me. :-D
I dunno, but to me it seems like there are two different ways to go about this.
One is the way that CycCorp is going which is to create a giant knowledgebase and feed the AI tons and tons of data. Eventually just by the fact that is has so much data, it can become semi intelligent.
Another way, would probablly be to actually have the AI interact with the enviroment and learn by doing. Even in this case though, it would still be preferable for the AI to have a knowledgebase it could look into to find general information. Just like how humans have the internet and books to read up on when they want to learn something new that might be prohibitive to actually do in real life.
For example, say you want to be intelligent about nuclear reactors. You have two choices
You could, build a nuclear reactor
You could also read up a lot of information on nuclear reactors
In most cases you will end up reading up information on the reactor, maybe if your lucky you can actually design one and work on it. But just because you haven't built one and only read up on them thoroughly does not make you any less "intelligent" in that field.
I guess what im trying to say is, why reinvent the wheel. Why have the AI try to learn everything the way humans have?
Their system is more of a refrence of all knowledge. It is not the actual AI system. I mean look at it this way, a person creates a very advanced nueral net that can learn. Now you need to feed it information right? well, attach it to CycCorp's database and it has a huge amount of information it can go through to help it build its nueral pathways.
Hey Troll, here's some food!
He is reffering to the computers intelligence...
What they are doing is very interesting. By compiling the majority of human knowledge into a gian database, it should make AI development much easier to pursue.
Nope.