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Today's Topics:
1. An odd change in spam email (Antony Barry)
2. Re: Does current AI represent a dead end? (Tom Worthington)
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2024 20:21:10 +1100
From: Antony Barry <[email protected]>
To: Link list <[email protected]>
Subject: [LINK] An odd change in spam email
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I could be mistaken but over the last few days the amount of spam arriving
in my spam folder (I'm using gmail) seems to have increased, perhaps
doubled. Meanwhile the spam filter over the last few months seems to be
getting MUCH better with almost no errors either type I or II.
I assume AI at work. Anybody got any observations on this?
Tony
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 09:01:52 +1100
From: Tom Worthington <[email protected]>
To: Antony Barry <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [LINK] Does current AI represent a dead end?
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On 7/12/24 13:53, Antony Barry wrote:
> ... Edsger W. Dijkstra, the computer scientist.
> The quote is:
> ?The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting
> than the question of whether a submarine can swim.?
There are some biomorphic UUVs (robot submarines) which move a tail like
a fish to swim. Others change buoyancy to glide like a manta ray.
https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2024-05-01
AI which works like human intelligence is an interesting research
question, which has potential practical application. I had the pleasure
of sharing an office with Andrew Coward while he worked on this:
http://www.landrewcoward.com/
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Tom Worthington http://www.tomw.net.au
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