Basically I'd say it's a _very_ gruesome game at times, not a super happy fun escapade through flower-filled meadows where deer bounce around.
Well, it is that, too. In order to maximise my level gains one time, I had to strip off all of my elf's armor and run naked through the forest, eating flowers and mushrooms and sneaking up on deer.
a much more interesting question is, can we create *intelligence* from scratch? Humor aside, I think creating something with recognizable intelligence (not just programming) will be much more difficult
Good question...though I wonder why you state that something programmed can't be intelligent? Sure, we haven't been able to do it so far, but what evidence is there that we can't do it, given a few more years and vast amounts of available processing power? (Moore's Law is mapped out for at least a few more years...it's the economics of it that matters for the moment.)
Others may say that we don't possess the capability to understand something as intelligent as ourselves. But of course it follows that as technology progresses, the capability of the human mind will become a focus for improvement. By that point, the question is only one of understanding something *less* intelligent than our selves, and improving *that*.
Better interfaces to computers would allow for computer-aided thought. Picture having any expressed mathematical equation instantly answered. Having your vision analyzed for better information gathering. Time scheduling. Communication. Full-immersion virtual reality training scenarios. Not too far off, one should hope. How long, I ask, will it be before we can accurately stimulate and sense nerves by the thousands, rather than a meager few? That's how long I say, before good virtual reality. After all, it's not the brain that we need to know for that, it's the I/O.
From TFA: "After four years of hard work with electromagnetic traps in our labs, we are preparing to capture and cool five trillion positrons per second in the next few years. Our long-range goals are five quad-trillion positrons per second."
Quad-trillion? What kind of number system is he using?
I hope this doesn't end up like back when NASA used imperial units in a joint project with metric-savvy Canadians.
Actually, that's a great topic for another ask Slashdot...
If you *could* plug your kids into a Matrix-like simulation and give them the perfect childhood, would you? What would you put in the simulation?
Myself, I think I'd do it, as long as my kids get to keep the friends that they grow up with. That could be done by networking simulations of many children together, simultaneously.
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I think my paranoia gland just exploded.
Well, it is that, too. In order to maximise my level gains one time, I had to strip off all of my elf's armor and run naked through the forest, eating flowers and mushrooms and sneaking up on deer.
Why would birds not be able to go around a wind farm? ... What's wrong with flying UP?
Hahahahah... HahahaWTFhahahahhhh... That is all.
You'd just better hope that there's no holographic+RW as well!
By 'extra conversion' he meant being converted in more than one place.
...that my next monitor will be from the makers of Lite-brite?
That I can disco dance a billion times faster?
Good question...though I wonder why you state that something programmed can't be intelligent? Sure, we haven't been able to do it so far, but what evidence is there that we can't do it, given a few more years and vast amounts of available processing power? (Moore's Law is mapped out for at least a few more years...it's the economics of it that matters for the moment.)
Others may say that we don't possess the capability to understand something as intelligent as ourselves. But of course it follows that as technology progresses, the capability of the human mind will become a focus for improvement. By that point, the question is only one of understanding something *less* intelligent than our selves, and improving *that*.
Better interfaces to computers would allow for computer-aided thought. Picture having any expressed mathematical equation instantly answered. Having your vision analyzed for better information gathering. Time scheduling. Communication. Full-immersion virtual reality training scenarios. Not too far off, one should hope. How long, I ask, will it be before we can accurately stimulate and sense nerves by the thousands, rather than a meager few? That's how long I say, before good virtual reality. After all, it's not the brain that we need to know for that, it's the I/O.
I, for one, welcome our new cherry sage overlords.
I mean, come on. Come ooonnnn!
No.
Why would mozilla.org be blocked?
Quad-trillion? What kind of number system is he using? I hope this doesn't end up like back when NASA used imperial units in a joint project with metric-savvy Canadians.
If I was at all concerned with 'natural' development, do you think I'd be considering plugging my kids into the Matrix?
Actually, that's a great topic for another ask Slashdot... If you *could* plug your kids into a Matrix-like simulation and give them the perfect childhood, would you? What would you put in the simulation? Myself, I think I'd do it, as long as my kids get to keep the friends that they grow up with. That could be done by networking simulations of many children together, simultaneously.
Nobody likes your day job.
And then I'll probably hit them with a broom.
Because using wrapped RNA is much easier than trying to replicate a virus that must be stripped of its replicating abilities to be safe.
They aren't
"Actually Diane, I'm not a horse...I'm a broom."
I'll get right on that, then. Let's all pitch in, and buy the Final Fantasy engine so that we can all give it to Rinoa in realtime.
...for 3D porn models.
Not only that, but do you realise how intelligent you have to be to be an astronaut? I mean...the States has a very limited supply of smart people! ;)