I am hoping for a future similar to the Culture series of science fiction books, and we need serious machine intelligence for that to happen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture#Minds --------- Matt Taylor OS Community Flag-Bearer Numenta On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Takenori Sato <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, > > Thanks for reminding me of such a basic question. > > The root of curiosity about AI in my life is when I had an education to > become an airline pilot(it may sound strange, but there is one such public > college in Japan). It was a huge shock that most of the fatal accidents > since 1990 are caused by human(human error). Then, I actually have realised > the computer(AI) is a lot better controlling an aircraft when I got > IFR/multi engine ratings. > > The theory, non-human flight is safer, have haunted me, and became one of > the biggest reasons why I had changed my carrier. > > > Today, I think it is great if AI can help elderly people spend better life > toward their ends. As we get older, some of our parts get worn out. Some in > our brains, and others in our devices. Some people say a car driven by an > elderly person is more dangerous than a bear, but in the very near future > we'll see autonomous cars in rural areas :) > > Thanks, > Takenori > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 11:29 PM, cogmission (David Ray) > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Everybody, >> >> I always wanted to ask, why is everyone interested in this? And what >> motivates us to do this? >> >> I'll start... >> >> My answer is here (http://www.cogmission.ai/about-the-author), but feel >> free to link or answer in-line as you see fit? >> >> I'm interested in knowing some thoughts behind these interesting faces in >> our community... >> >> Cheers, >> David >> >> -- >> With kind regards, >> >> David Ray >> Java Solutions Architect >> >> Cortical.io >> Sponsor of: HTM.java >> >> [email protected] >> http://cortical.io > >
