artificial intelligence

Daniel Dennet's model of consciousness also explains how SEO works on Google, and more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGF9NbPFfRo

This is a thought I came up with, but I'd be surprised if no one else has come up with it in the past. So I apologize if I'm passing off something old as something new. Premises: -Humans can be thought of as carbon based machines (in that with adequate resources and knowledge a human could be...

Ever since I watched movies like Terminator 2 when I was younger I've been obsessed with Artificial Intelligence. Having a computer solve your problems - examine your DNA and give you genetically-tailored medical advice, solve any problem that requires strategy or thought, generate storylines...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2005/may/22/theobserver.technology According to this guy, in 40 years we'll all be able to upload ourselves into a computer and live forever. This reminds me of the whole AI thing, which has apparently been "just around the corner" for 50 odd years. Thoughts...

NY Times: "Computer Program to Take On Jeopardy!" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/27jeopardy.html?_r=2&hp Quote: Apparently, the following is the program they are going to use: 10 INPUT A$ 20 PRINT A$ 30 GOTO 10 -- Roger

This train of thought has probably been brought on my watching too many daft sci-fi films recently but still. At what point would something make the transition from a machine to a new form of life. Would it be if it became self aware or if it was able to reproduce. If machines were separated...

A "Meat Machine" is usually defined as an artificial intelligence constructed of physical or simulated artificial neurons or neuristors* which is modelled closely on the human brain and which would have the capabilities of a human brain. My question is, what use is it? You usually build...

So, in the last few years, Moore`s law has worked pretty well. We have now USD150 microprocessors (quadcores) which have almost 1 billion transistors. Most powerful supercomputers use tens of thousands chips. If we compare the number of transistors in a soon-to-come supercomputer with the...

Hello, I was browsing around reading things on the internet today and, as often happens when surfing, I found myself looking at something completely unexpected. In this case it was a web site that provided psychics with a channel to sell their wares through per-minute charges, presumably on the...