i just finished watching Mission to Mars for the zillionth time. btw, this essay is dedicated to Kristin, Richard, and Alicia. There are many unrealistic scenarios in MtM such as the meteor shower just before they reach Mars or reducing their velocity wrt Mars (this is just...
Agent absolute minimum requirements:has a unique identificationmobilityability to perceive local environmentability to manipulate local environment limited by physical lawsability to communicate with nearby agents via textrule-base list, ability to access list and add...
About two years ago, i proposed using genetic programming to breed conscious agents in a virtual reality. GP is a paradigm recently championed by John Koza, http://www.genetic-programming.com/ , which has some very powerful applications. An agent,...
This essay revisits my design for a conscious machine - designed from the systems approach and 'minimal functionalist' perspectives. It tries to answer the question: what is the minimal physical system (what...
I guess you could say "How's it hanging" arrcording to Dr.Drogo Montague, MD a urologist at the Cleveland Clinic is more apt than you might realize." Here are some things you might have wondered about your penis,...
The Loebner Prize contest was held in England this past weekend, where artificial intelligence machines were put to the test to see if they could convince judges that they were intelligent humans. Based on...
created by Terri Potratz | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 547 views | 14 recommendations | 5 comments
Comedian/Game Show Host Jeff Foxworthy wants to know if you're smarter than a 5th grader, but are you smarter than a computer? October 12, humans and 6 AI will face off to see if the programs can fool human judges into not being able to tell them apart from human beings. Ray...
opinion by Erik Larson | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 169 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
The sun is shining, it's a beautiful day, wouldn't it be great not to wear socks and just put on a pair of flip-flops? We see flip-flops everywhere during the summer months and who could blame the flip-flop...
created by JeffHuang | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 2367 views | 0 recommendations | 17 comments
With some of the most famous dieting ups and downs in the history of entertainment, Oprah is going at it again. This time, the idea is to achieve "Quantum Wellness" through a spiritual and physiological...
created by JD Rucker | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 463 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
After eight years of confinement behind bars for rape, robbery and gun-related charges, popular reggae singer, Jah Cure is free. The conscious singer, born Siccature Alcock is finally free from a...
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Rule #1 for Robots: Must not injure humans. So, I guess this means robots will only be able to sue other robots. Heh
"The next time you beat your keyboard in frustration, think of a day
where it may be able to sue you for assault. Within 50 years we might
even find...