From: Terry Donaghe (tdonaghe@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Oct 30 1998 - 14:14:23 MST
Maybe they could build an AI lapdancer first...
Sorry, sorry, sorry...
Just seemed like a better test subject......
---Bernard Hughes <bjhughes@istar.ca> wrote:
>
> Following up on the silicon brain story posted earlier, I came
across another
> interesting article in the EEtimes
>
> http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG19981026S0015
>
> This one is about a Raytheon project to build an artificial soldier
topped off with
> the Cog head from MIT. The neural net system proposed is of a type
that is new to
> me, in that it assumes that the information passed among neurons
comes as a result
> of the temporal synchrony among signals. Anybody else come across
that theory?
>
> Building an autonomous, heavily armed soldier strikes me as a risky
way to try out
> AI theory. A fixed place ABM system is one thing, but a general
purpose killer
> robot seems like asking for trouble. If programming "do not harm
humans" has some
> challenges, "kill all humans except for the friendly ones" seems
fraught with
> peril. Reminds me of an old SF tale, I think called "I made you", in
which a dying
> engineer is pinned down by the robot sentinel he built.
>
> I'd vote for keeping these guys immobile unless you are *really*
sure of your IFF
> programming.
>
> --
> Bernard J Hughes bernard@timedancer.com
> Timedancer Systems http://www.timedancer.com
> -- Creative Laziness at its best --
>
>
>
>
==
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Terry Donaghe
Individual, Anarcho-Capitalist, Environmentalist, Transhumanist, Mensan
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