Slog - Comments on I'm Afraid We Can't Do That http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/im_afraid_we_cant_do_that Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are convinced they can, with the help of IBM's new supercomputer, build true artificial intelligence. Human common sense reasoning is extremely hard to model. Consider how much unconscious reasoning goes into your morning routine: hearing the radio, figuring out your alarm just woke you up, turning it off, getting up and walking to the kitchen (avoiding anything on the floor in the process), deciding you need a cup of coffee ... you get the idea. In the 1980s, a researcher named Doug Lenat had an idea: Just get enough people filling in enough facts into... Copyright 2008 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:29:34 -0800 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:53:49 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by christopher Frizzelle This is news?? Zzzzzzzz.

]]> christopher Frizzelle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/im_afraid_we_cant_do_that#c969860 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/im_afraid_we_cant_do_that#c969860 Tech Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:34:11 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Yeah, but can they make a computer that gets drunk and pisses away the rent money at the racetrack?

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/im_afraid_we_cant_do_that#c969863 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/im_afraid_we_cant_do_that#c969863 Tech Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:35:12 -0800 Comment by Sargon Bighorn Most people suffer from artificial intelligence. I'd be happy if someone would strive to discover the real thing.

]]> Sargon Bighorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/im_afraid_we_cant_do_that#c969865 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/im_afraid_we_cant_do_that#c969865 Tech Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:40:15 -0800 Comment by kebabs So how long before the Internet becomes self-aware and starts eating us?

]]> kebabs http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/im_afraid_we_cant_do_that#c969885 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/im_afraid_we_cant_do_that#c969885 Tech Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:49:04 -0800 Comment by Peter F Best Hal video evar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfn3Wk_LnI4

]]> Peter F http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/im_afraid_we_cant_do_that#c969887 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/im_afraid_we_cant_do_that#c969887 Tech Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:49:42 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @2 - they already did that - his name is King George.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/im_afraid_we_cant_do_that#c969898 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/im_afraid_we_cant_do_that#c969898 Tech Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:53:49 -0800