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Singularity Reading Recommendations
"For those interested in more seriously exploring the issues of Artificial General Intelligence and the Singularity, I’d like to recommend the following writings ..." None of which are sf no
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 2 Users, more info saveWedding Florist | Wedding Flowers | Silk Flowers | Flor ...
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>30 days ago by fearcrew, 2 Users, more info saveThe A. L. I. C. E. Artificial Intelligence Foundation - ...
The A.L.I.C.E. AI Foundation promotes the adoption of the A.L.I.C.E. and AIML free open source software for chatrobots, chat robots, chatterbots or chatterboxes, an AIML chatterbot, chat robo
>30 days ago by a1mega, 1 User, more info savePrice comparison for Dental Prostheses in Germany
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>30 days ago by coonan, 1 User, more info saveArtificial skin may reduce need for grafts
"A long-lasting artificial skin which is "fully and consistently integrated into the human body" has shown promising results in early clinical trials."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveIt's robot eat robot at the AI zoo
"Nine larger robots interact with visitors by following their movements, making defensive actions or opening their "petals" in response to crowds. The more aggressive robots cut the tai
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveLearning, Memory, And Progress Toward A Living Chip
"The ability to record information in a manmade network of neurons is a step toward a cyborg-like integration of living material into memory chips."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveHard Takeoff not Incompatible with Some Continuity
"So what cognitive and practical advantages would a human-similar AI have over a human actor?" More singularity theory from Anissimov.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveThe Danger This Time Isn’t Human
"The Singularity is the introduction of a nonhuman intelligence, the point where the dangers of the world stop emanating from human beings and start coming from somewhere new for once."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveIs AI Engineering the Shortest Path to a Positive Singu ...
"In my view, if the US government created an "AI Manhattan Project" [...] then we would have a human-level AI within 5 years." Good afternoon, singularity!
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveFirst Hardware to go through Evolution Developed
"Just like in the real world it can take 20 to 30 thousand generations before the system finds the perfect design to solve the problem, but this will happen in just a few seconds..."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveFriendly AI Critical FailureTable
"13: The AI locks onto a bizarre subculture and expresses it across the whole of human space. (E.g., Furry subculture, or hentai anime, or see Nikolai Kingsley for a depiction of a Singularity ba
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveBlimps to swim through the air like fish
"Blimps steered by artificial muscles may one day swim through the air like fish, suggest recent flight tests." Old trope, new twist. Any bets on the time-till-included-in-sf-story of this i
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveAI Cited for Unlicensed Practice of Law
"A web-based "expert system" that helped users prepare bankruptcy filings for a fee made too many decisions to be considered a clerical tool [...] the software was effectively practicin
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info savePodcast: Marvin Minsky On The Future Of Artificial Inte ...
"In a Dr. Dobbs podcast, AI pioneer and MIT professor Marvin Minsky examines the failures of AI research and lays out directions for future developments in the field."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveGoogle's Page urges scientists to market themselves
"We have some people at Google (who) are really trying to build artificial intelligence and to do it on a large scale," Page said to a packed Hilton ballroom of scientists. "It's not as
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveHumanlike AI is Anthropomorphism
"...when a typical smart person first confronts the human species life-or-death problem of Friendly AI, they think that using the same strategies we use to produce nice humans will work with AIs,
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveAI and Sci-Fi: My, Oh, My!
Rob Sawyer's essay on AI in science fiction for the Lifeboat Foundation. A pretty good read, though probably no big news for serious genre buffs.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveThe Discover Interview: Marvin Minsky
"The legendary pioneer of artificial intelligence ponders the brain, bashes neuroscience, and lays out a plan for superhuman robot servants." Via Plausible Futures.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveComparing AI’s Failures with Ubicomp’s Visions
Via Captain Bruce, a link fest that I haven't yet taken the time to go through thoroughly - but it looks like it is loaded with goodies.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveThe Metacognitive Dance of Artificial Minds
"Should we observe signs of consciousness in machines is it therefore logical to assume that society will naturally issue moral precepts of a similar weight onto our silicon-brained companions? I
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveConfusions in Artificial Intelligence
"In the future, there may exist robots that are programmed to mimic sentience, or even spontaneously generate sentientlike behaviors (not explicitly programmed in!), but are, in fact, non-sentien
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveNew York eateries must scrap trans fats
"New York City health authorities voted unanimously on Tuesday to ban the use of artificial cooking oils, known as trans fats, in the city’s eateries." It'll be interesting to see if this ma
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveThe Seoul of a New Machine
"Rity is the ghost in the machine: an autonomous agent that can transfer itself into desktop computers, PDAs, servers and robotic avatars, and adapt and evolve like a genetic organism."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveBye Swarmbots, Hello Swarmanoids
"The use of different kinds of robots in the same team follows the division of labor in ant colonies extremely well ... And if scientists can scale the robots to a much smaller size than an ant,
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveRobot Discovers Itself, Adapts to Injury
"Instead of giving the robot a rigid set of instructions, the researchers let it discover its own nature and work out how to control itself [...] The ability to build this "self-model"
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveScientists create artificial gut
"The device, made from sophisticated plastics and metals, can withstand the corrosive gut acids and enzymes, and can be fed real food. It mimics both the physical and chemical reactions that take
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveSoftware Learns to Tag Photos
"In its first real-world test, the program processed thousands of publicly accessible images available on the photo-sharing site Flickr. At least one accurate tag was generated for 98 percent of
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save