I have recently enjoyed reading two fictional books by Daniel Suarez related to this topic. The first one, "Daemon" I read as a "self published book" over a year ago (published under the pen name "Leinad Zeraus. Because it became quite popular, Suarez had publishers wanting to reprint the original and then the sequel "Freedom" (making it a year late for those of us really wanting to read it). I reread Daemon, and enjoyed it a second time - especially having gained insights into the author's background and intent.
You can enjoy his talk (a year ago) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUEGzjnGsiA Daemon explores some interesting premises based on technology already in widespread use. Those of us very skeptical about these uses of AI may be erring by thinking of the "big picture" instead of the advances made in "narrow AI". In my own experience, some of these narrow AI robots are getting very good at what they do - maybe better than people would be for the same task.... Part of Suarez's story ideas undoubtedly came from the dramatic developments (progressing from failure in 2004) described here - http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/ I seriously doubt that the DARPA interest is about domestic robots or public transportation.... - joey 2010/2/8 Björn Helgason <[email protected]> > > > If you think about it then the robots are taking over everywhere. >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
