hey, this hijacking someone else's thread into a random direction is fun! Sorry, I complained before.
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Rakesh <[email protected]> wrote: > if computers gained sentience, they would be worse than the Nazis. > > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Kevin Wright > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I thought the rule was you couldn't claim that until someone's been compared >> to Hitler and/or the Nazis >> >> On 26 May 2010 17:03, Rakesh <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Jitesh, >>> >>> "Intelligent Design" is a theory, created by Creationists to denounce >>> Evolution. >>> >>> I nominate this post to be the most pointless and ill-conceived in the >>> history of threads ever. >>> >>> Rakesh >>> >>> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 4:55 PM, jitesh dundas <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Actually Kevin, this supports the intelligent design t >>> > eory..Evolution is the next step in product of intelligent behavior. >>> > >>> > No wonder computers are becoming smarter with our support. >>> > However, evolution in computers will be the point when we can call >>> > computers equal to us ...long way to go..lbut intelligence & software >>> > development ,well that should be not far away .... >>> > >>> > I request replies in this direction... >>> > >>> > Regards, >>> > jd >>> > >>> > On 5/25/10, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> So we can't just create these things, we have to evolve them. >>> >> >>> >> You know... this really screws with the "intelligent design" theory :) >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On 25 May 2010 14:50, shainnif ismail <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> well these machines do have 500,000 years of evolution to catch up on, >>> >>> the >>> >>> analogy i recall was these system are like single cell organisms that >>> >>> we >>> >>> need to force evolve. >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Shaine Ismail >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 25 May 2010 14:30, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> I also studied hypermedia and here 10 years after I have yet to be >>> >>>> convinced that the theory can map to practice (i.e. bidirectional >>> >>>> links, annotations etc.) If anyone can bring this forward in >>> >>>> practice, >>> >>>> it has got to be Google. And yet, look at how crappy live translation >>> >>>> of captions works for YouTube. That part will be particular >>> >>>> interesting to monitor when GoogleTV launches. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> On May 25, 3:17 pm, shainnif ismail <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> > I went to a talk at Edinburgh University many years ago, about >>> >>>> > Neurolinguistics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurolinguistics) >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > specifically on Semantics, and its use in computer science eg >>> >>>> > translating human language to code using intelligent programs, >>> >>>> > mapping >>> >>>> > concepts rather than words. >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > It remember being very impressed and that was about 1999. >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > shaine >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > On 25 May 2010 13:56, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > > It's an interesting subject for sure, dating back to Plato Vs. >>> >>>> > > Aristotle. I used to believe futurists like Ray Kurzweil etc. but >>> >>>> > > now >>> >>>> > > I am not so sure. While we will no doubt continue to simulate >>> >>>> > > larger >>> >>>> > > and more complex brains, we have yet to properly define >>> >>>> > > intelligence >>> >>>> > > let alone self-awareness (humans primary driver). >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > > Nature itself does not seem particular intelligent, it relies on >>> >>>> > > crude >>> >>>> > > trial-n-error (survival-of-the-fittest) and tracer-bullets >>> >>>> > > (mutations) >>> >>>> > > rather than up-front design. Indeed, modern agile processes looks >>> >>>> > > an >>> >>>> > > awful lot like a step back to nature. >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > > The fact that you can hire 100 teams to solve a problem* and they >>> >>>> > > will >>> >>>> > > all get to very different solutions, suggests to me that it makes >>> >>>> > > little sense to equate computer intelligence and human >>> >>>> > > intelligence. >>> >>>> > > When all 100 teams start to arrive at the (very near) same >>> >>>> > > solution, >>> >>>> > > then we may be more ready to define "intelligence". >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > > /Casper >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > > *Not a pure algorithmic problem a la TSP. >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > > -- >>> >>>> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>> >>>> > > Google >>> >>>> Groups >>> >>>> > > "The Java Posse" group. >>> >>>> > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> >>>> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> >>>> > > >>> >>>> > > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> >>> >>>> <javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups .com> >>> >>>> > > . >>> >>>> > > For more options, visit this group at >>> >>>> > >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > -- >>> >>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> >>>> Groups "The Java Posse" group. >>> >>>> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> >>>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> >>>> >>> >>>> [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> >>> >>>> . >>> >>>> > For more options, visit this group athttp:// >>> >>>> groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> -- >>> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> >>>> Groups "The Java Posse" group. >>> >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> >>>> >>> >>>> [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> >>> >>>> . >>> >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>> >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> >>> Groups >>> >>> "The Java Posse" group. >>> >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> >>> >>> >>> [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> >>> >>> . >>> >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> >>> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> Kevin Wright >>> >> >>> >> mail/google talk: [email protected] >>> >> wave: [email protected] >>> >> skype: kev.lee.wright >>> >> twitter: @thecoda >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> >> Groups >>> >> "The Java Posse" group. >>> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> >> [email protected]. >>> >> For more options, visit this group at >>> >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > -- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> > Groups "The Java Posse" group. >>> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> > [email protected]. >>> > For more options, visit this group at >>> > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >>> > >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "The Java Posse" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Kevin Wright >> >> mail/google talk: [email protected] >> wave: [email protected] >> skype: kev.lee.wright >> twitter: @thecoda >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. 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