Hawkings: AI Could Be Dangerous

With the Johnny Depp movie making noise at the box office, Stephen Hawkings spoke out about the dangers that artificial intelligence can pose to mankind.

With the Hollywood blockbuster Transcendence playing in cinemas, with Johnny Depp and Morgan Freeman showcasing clashing visions for the future of humanity, it's tempting to dismiss the notion of highly intelligent machines as mere science fiction. But this would be a mistake, and potentially our worst mistake in history.

Read more here:  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/stephen-hawking-transcendence-looks-at-the-implications-of-artificial-intelligence--but-are-we-taking-ai-seriously-enough-9313474.html

Apple's SIRI: Serious AI & the Soldier's Servant

Artificial intelligence and associated devices are being built.  Below is a link to a detailed article; here is an excerpt.  Some amazing -- and almost scary -- stuff!

 Apple, artificial intelligence, Stanford Research, SIRI, DARPA, and technology that literally translates to, “Soldier’s Servant;”  It’s in your pocket, pinging your location, and learning more about you minute by minute.  It is designed to learn from your actions and begin making its own decisions.  

http://www.truthistreason.net/introducing-siri-darpa%E2%80%99s-ghost-in-apple%E2%80%99s-machine-artificial-intelligence-and-the-soldiers-servant

Singularity: Intelligent Computers (from Time Magazine - Science)

From an article titled: "2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal" -- this is a good article on artificial intelligence, computers.


...we're approaching a moment when computers will become intelligent, and not just intelligent but more intelligent than humans. When that happens, humanity — our bodies, our minds, our civilization — will be completely and irreversibly transformed. He believes that this moment is not only inevitable but imminent. According to his calculations, the end of human civilization as we know it is about 35 years away.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2048299,00.html#ixzz1VSSM6ox7

Man vs. Computer (Computer to appear on Jeopardy on Feb 14)

A computer will be appearing on Jeopardy next week (Feb. 14th-16th). The interesting part is that the computer is programmed to understand "natural language." In a practice round, the computer beat two Jeopardy champions -- only underperforming in a children's book section.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/10/man-vs-computer-a-gaming-history/?hpt=C2

Another interesting story on man vs. computers -- and the game of GO, which is historically difficult for computers to play... (also from the CNN article):

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/5-computer-vs-human-game-matchups5.htm