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russ_watters replied to the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts?.Poorly and infrequently. I'm aware that winning at chess by calculation alone is difficult and improving efficiency means the... -
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I remember the anecdote of the second game between Kasparov and Deep Blue. At a certain point in the game, Kasparov got angry because he... -
russ_watters reacted to Hill's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with Like.
Doesn't it simply mean that there are different kinds of "intelligence"? Human intelligence, computer intelligence, canine intelligence...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts?.The reason games like chess don't impress me much is that they are structured, boundedd and limited. It's basically a complicated math...
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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 Like.
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...
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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...