The question is literally "Can AI solve the halting problem?"
Nonsense. The halting problem concerns finding a general solution to the question "will this program ever halt?" that always works. All the proposed fashion-prediction AI has to do is come up with statistical fashion forecasts that are better than most human marketing managers.
The existence of the halting problem affirms that even in an entirely deterministic system, one can fabricate an outcome that no amount of cognition within that system can predict with accuracy, effectively making it non-deterministic.
And how does that apply to a computer, but not to a human? The halting problem applies to all systems, natural or artificial.
The same thing happens to some individuals who expose glaring IT security holes (and correctly notify the owners rather than sell off knowledge of the vulnerabilities) - instead of being thanked and the holes patched up, the individuals are excoriated as bad actors and the holes are retained.
I have participated in numerous "reviews" of UI components, where the whole point of the exercise was to prove that boss's ideas were right, even when they were massively wrong. Anybody who suggested otherwise was labelled "disloyal" and had his career cut short.
You clearly have no idea what a "theory" is in science.
To qualify as a scientific theory, there has to be at least some indirect evidence supporting it, such as an underlying theory that does has evidence. Your example of gravitational waves having "no proof" is incorrect, since gravitational wave theory is in turn based on the well established principals of relativity theory.
This "quantum consciousness" rubbish is nothing but idle speculation.
Sucks to be a citizen of the U.S. In many other countries (e.g. Canada, Australia, Denmark, France...) the single-payer universal health system works very well.
Get someone to trash your house/steal your stuff and insurance picks up the tab.
Not if you rent out your place for money. Read your insurance contract: it will explicitly disallow damage made by renters unless you add a clause for that. Which will cost extra.
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ShanghiBill is always "kind of silly".
So when will we have a DVR version of this?
Then it would become truly useful.
Well, the problem here is on your side. And it does not look like it can be fixed. Sorry.
In other words:
How dare you deny my philosophical insights! I am gweihir, the all-powerful!
So you're of the "if it can be done by a machine, it's not intelligence" crowd?
That's exactly what he is, but he will dishonestly deny it.
There is no indication AGI will ever be possible and quite a few that it may not be.
Ah, once again gweihir makes that same claim (as he has done dozens of times before)
without providing the slightest shred of evidence to support it.
I guess he thinks that if he spreads enough bullshit around, people will believe him.
The question is literally "Can AI solve the halting problem?"
Nonsense.
The halting problem concerns finding a general solution to the question "will this program ever halt?" that always works.
All the proposed fashion-prediction AI has to do is come up with statistical
fashion forecasts that are better than most human marketing managers.
The existence of the halting problem affirms that even in an entirely deterministic system, one can fabricate
an outcome that no amount of cognition within that system can predict with accuracy, effectively making it non-deterministic.
And how does that apply to a computer, but not to a human?
The halting problem applies to all systems, natural or artificial.
Stop anthropomorphizing Rich Shumann.
It is obviously a bot programmed to make us complacent about the upcoming robot apocalypse.
Anymore than you could prove the opposite.
Nobody has a handle on what creativity, imagination or consciousness are.
to make a newline on /.
Or even worse, a Pontiac Aztec.
More likely little glass spheres each filled with a neurotoxin.
Even a small drone could carry dozens of them.
Of course, this could never happen because the FAA wouldn't allow it.
Um, when it's dark outside?
I think most of the /. crowd will be as afraid of the real, loving AI sex robots as they are afraid of real women now. And for the same reasons.
That, when approached by a /.er, the femobots will roll their eyes and head for the exit?
You can, and at full speed. It's called "first class".
Nobody is suggesting airship travel will be cheap.
The same thing happens to some individuals who expose glaring IT security holes (and correctly notify the owners rather than sell off knowledge of the vulnerabilities) - instead of being thanked and the holes patched up, the individuals are excoriated as bad actors and the holes are retained.
I have participated in numerous "reviews" of UI components, where the whole
point of the exercise was to prove that boss's ideas were right, even when
they were massively wrong.
Anybody who suggested otherwise was labelled "disloyal" and had his career cut short.
Once again, a submission based on a total bullshit fluff piece.
I'm pretty organized, but I've realized that it still stresses me out.
Then you have an anxiety disorder. Seek psychiatric help.
The only reason to get uptight about the amount of stuff on your drive is if you are
continually running out of space. Otherwise, who the hell cares?
You clearly have no idea what a "theory" is in science.
To qualify as a scientific theory, there has to be at least some indirect evidence supporting it,
such as an underlying theory that does has evidence. Your example of gravitational waves having
"no proof" is incorrect, since gravitational wave theory is in turn based
on the well established principals of relativity theory.
This "quantum consciousness" rubbish is nothing but idle speculation.
WTF?
What does Zuckerberg and Apple have to do with each other?
NuScale is building their first 12 reactors in Idaho.
And they will complete them on time, on budget and without the taxpayer underwriting them.
I know this because the tooth fairy told me so.
Sucks to be a citizen of the U.S. ...)
In many other countries (e.g. Canada, Australia, Denmark, France
the single-payer universal health system works very well.
Get someone to trash your house/steal your stuff and insurance picks up the tab.
Not if you rent out your place for money.
Read your insurance contract: it will explicitly disallow damage made
by renters unless you add a clause for that. Which will cost extra.
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I just did.
There are many extensive articles on both.