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russ_watters reacted to jack action's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with
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That is, a brain that is connected to a body with multiple sensors that can explore its environment. How can one knows a machine is... -
russ_watters reacted to PeroK's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with Like.
Unless you are proposing some supernatural or divine component, then it's all just atoms and molecules following the dumb rules of...
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russ_watters reacted to phyzguy's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with Like.
I'm always confused by the argument that says, "they are just machines, they can't be intelligent/conscious." Your brain is a...
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russ_watters reacted to QuarkyMeson's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with Like.
I mean they sample from PDF's to generate their output. Even the models weights are fuzzed for models like Chatgpt depending on user...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Will anyone alive today see a permanent colony on the Moon or Mars?.I'll rephrase/expand: I don't think there's a definable point where an outpost becomes a colony becomes a permanent colony, nor do I...
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russ_watters reacted to Klystron's post in the thread Will anyone alive today see a permanent colony on the Moon or Mars? with Like.
I feel this reply may be a setup for an old SF reader, but will take the bait. SF author Robert Heinlein in 1966 posited a future Lunar...
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russ_watters reacted to BWV's post in the thread Will anyone alive today see a permanent colony on the Moon or Mars? with Like.
By that analogy, presuming that no overriding economic reason will exist for a Mars colony, a discovery of microbial life on the planet...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Will anyone alive today see a permanent colony on the Moon or Mars?.Nah, just put it at L2 and equip it with a good shield. Oh.
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russ_watters reacted to QuarkyMeson's post in the thread Will anyone alive today see a permanent colony on the Moon or Mars? with Like.
Doubtful, there is just no economic reason to. All other exploration and colonization was generally tied to a solid economic thesis. If...
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russ_watters reacted to gleem's post in the thread Will anyone alive today see a permanent colony on the Moon or Mars? with Like.
I believe it will probably happen by 2100*. A scientific research station satisfies Webster's definition of a colony. It might start...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Music What Happened to Talent?.Bit of an aside, but a story: the Philadelphia Orchestra scored the original Fantasia. It was re-recorded for re-release in 1985. My...
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russ_watters reacted to Point Conception's post in the thread Music What Happened to Talent? with
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Not at all . And there is nothing whatsoever in the well thought out replies above to suggest that is the case? On the contrary: While... -
russ_watters replied to the thread Music What Happened to Talent?.No, you're wrong, sales is only the measuring stick for the quality of paintings, not music. Talent and skill are the only valid...
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Well, some people genuinly like artists in slutty clothes. I do. I also like electronic music and processed vocals. And to make...
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Music video creators have only a finite amount of effort to expend. Most of it goes into visual. In the old days radio and albums were...