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On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Good article. You have to watch the PBS documentary on Kurzweil. Part nut case, part genius. Falling in love with your OS is one thing; but, Musk thinks AI is potentially more dangerous than Nukes: http://mashable.com/2014/08/03/elon-musk-artificial-intelligence/ with comments by Kurzweil.
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From: Terry Blanton ….Musk thinks AI is potentially more dangerous than Nukes: http://mashable.com/2014/08/03/elon-musk-artificial-intelligence/ with comments by Kurzweil. “Dangerous to whom” is the deeper question. If you believe in a soul of some kind, independent of biology – then the real question is should we limit our identity options to evolved-apes, or should we consider identifying with whatever superior species becomes technologically available to transport our “real identity” ? In fact, the next dominant species on earth will probably merge biology with manufactured circuitry in ways that we can scarcely imagine now. It will not be an easy decision, but the older and frailer that one gets, the more alluring are the alternatives. Jones
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On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 11:13 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: The internet giant also hired futurist, inventor and entrepreneur Ray Kurzweil in 2012 to lead an engineering team focused on machine learning and language processing. end http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25908379 More from Kurzweil after a year of director of engineering at Google: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/22/robots-google-ray-kurzweil-terminator-singularity-artificial-intelligence
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Good article. You have to watch the PBS documentary on Kurzweil. Part nut case, part genius. -Original Message- From: Terry Blanton The internet giant also hired futurist, inventor and entrepreneur Ray Kurzweil in 2012 to lead an engineering team focused on machine learning and language processing. end http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25908379 More from Kurzweil after a year of director of engineering at Google: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/22/robots-google-ray-kurzweil -terminator-singularity-artificial-intelligence
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On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: Google has purchased Boston Dynamics the maker of all these strange robots. No longer will google be known for their virtual bots only. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ec7ee5f2-65ad-11e3-8451-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2nePFyrIz Odd thinking of Google as a military contractor. Combined with Amazon's drones, I could see Skynet's early origins. Don't be evil. Well, Jed, it looks like it's Google who's evil: Google buys UK artificial intelligence start-up DeepMind Google has been developing its artificial intelligence and robotics divisions Google has bought UK start-up DeepMind for a reported £400m, making the artificial intelligence firm its largest European acquisition so far. DeepMind was founded by 37-year-old neuroscientist and former teenage chess prodigy Demis Hassabis, along with Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman. The artificial intelligence company specialises in algorithms and machine learning for e-commerce and games. Technology news website Re/code first reported the purchase price. But Google declined to confirm the figure, while privately-held DeepMind was not immediately available for comment. Major technology firms such as Google, Facebook, IBM and Yahoo have been increasingly focused on developing artificial intelligence as a new source of business. Google for example, has been developing self-driving cars and robots, and in May announced a partnership with NASA in launching the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab. The Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab is aimed at using supercomputers and complex mathematical formulas to help improve aeronautical science and space exploration. Earlier this year, the company bought military robot-maker Boston Dynamics for an unspecified sum. The internet giant also hired futurist, inventor and entrepreneur Ray Kurzweil in 2012 to lead an engineering team focused on machine learning and language processing. end http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25908379
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Google has purchased Boston Dynamics the maker of all these strange robots. No longer will google be known for their virtual bots only. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ec7ee5f2-65ad-11e3-8451-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2nePFyrIz Odd thinking of Google as a military contractor. Combined with Amazon's drones, I could see Skynet's early origins.
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Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: Google has purchased Boston Dynamics the maker of all these strange robots. No longer will google be known for their virtual bots only. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ec7ee5f2-65ad-11e3-8451-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2nePFyrIz Odd thinking of Google as a military contractor. Combined with Amazon's drones, I could see Skynet's early origins. Don't be evil. - Jed
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And now comes Cheetah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=wE3fmFTtP9g
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The future is becoming the present very quickly. In this case, on one hand, the cheetah robot makes it clear that it will be possible to track down suspected criminals with tireless, relentless efficiency. You can evade the law for a period of time, but the robots will eventually collect you. On the other hand, the motor sounds like a lawnmower motor and seems a little silly. A quiet electric motor would be more intimidating. If the thing were a little more stable or had six legs (and less exhaust), you can imagine putting a mount on it so that someone could ride it around difficult mountain terrain, where a normal vehicle could not be used. Eric On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: And now comes Cheetah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=wE3fmFTtP9g
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This one reminds me of a roach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=ntlI-pDUxPE Kill it!
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More evidence of the coming robopocalypse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=ol8c9bdp7YI
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You notice this is from the GRASP lab. What next, the STAB lab? These people are not even hiding their intention to take over the world! They remind me a James Bond movie villains, flouting their villainy. - Jed
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On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: You notice this is from the GRASP lab. What next, the STAB lab? These people are not even hiding their intention to take over the world! They remind me a James Bond movie villains, flouting their villainy. - Jed I dunno. Maybe they were inspired by the eagle rescue scene in Lord of The Rings - The Return of the King. harry
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How about this creepy-crawlie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=k72Rf78Wu_c ?
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Just make sure you are an engineer - will need someone to design and maintain all of the killing machines. On 28 October 2012 23:31, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: I thought I had seen this before. This must be where I first saw the video. ;) Eric
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I thought I had seen this before.
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On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: I thought I had seen this before. This must be where I first saw the video. ;) Eric
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On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Be prepared. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=-G3RoBHMu-o#! The book was quite good: http://www.amazon.com/Robopocalypse-A-Novel-Vintage-Contemporaries/dp/0307740803/ref=sr_1_1?s=booksie=UTF8qid=1336526091sr=1-1 T
