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Jul 28 15 10:13 PM
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1647773-prominent-scientist-says-consciousness-is-key-to-a-theory-of-everything/
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
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Jul 28 15 11:02 PM
KILLER robots are inevitable: It’s a stark warning. But Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and 1000 other academics and entrepreneurs have made an urgent appeal to the world to do something about it. “This technological trajectory is obvious: autonomous weapons will become the Kalashnikovs of tomorrow.”It’s an idea long the subject of science fiction books and film. These scientists say it is now a looming, fearsome reality.The International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Buenos Aires will today be presented an open letter signed by the eminent scientists and entrepreneurs, appealing for a worldwide and complete ban on autonomous, artificially intelligent weapons.It’s not the first time either Stephen Hawking or Elon Musk have made such a warning. But it is the most high-profile.
KILLER robots are inevitable: It’s a stark warning. But Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and 1000 other academics and entrepreneurs have made an urgent appeal to the world to do something about it.
“This technological trajectory is obvious: autonomous weapons will become the Kalashnikovs of tomorrow.”
It’s an idea long the subject of science fiction books and film. These scientists say it is now a looming, fearsome reality.
The International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Buenos Aires will today be presented an open letter signed by the eminent scientists and entrepreneurs, appealing for a worldwide and complete ban on autonomous, artificially intelligent weapons.
It’s not the first time either Stephen Hawking or Elon Musk have made such a warning. But it is the most high-profile.
Read more @ http://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/stephen-hawking-elon-musk-warn-of-artificial-intelligence-impact-on-future-war-oppression/story-fnpjxnlk-1227459738390
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Jul 29 15 4:50 AM
icepick wrote: What I want to know, is what studies provided such absolute proof of this that it caused them to promote such methods in such a powerful matter? Not to mention how they managed to become such expert authorities on these topics?
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Jul 29 15 9:21 PM
icepick wrote:Did you catch what I pointed out about those so called geniuses in the web thread though Pen? It's all true .............. every word. They are helpless without their electronic aids, and it gets worse all the time. While it's true that kids are clever, somebody is working overtime to make the current crop dependent. Somebody seems to want slaves, do they not?Tim
Jul 30 15 12:56 AM
Jul 30 15 7:40 AM
icepick wrote:It's a real bummer Pen. Someday things are going to break, and people like you and I are going to be too old and frail to show them the manual way of doing things. In short, we will all be screwed.Tim
Jul 30 15 7:46 AM
It’s rare that a single chart can can be so simple and yet so horrifying. Such is the case with a chart put together by widely-respected Kleiner Perkins Internet analyst Mary Meeker for her annual presentation on Internet trends. The chart above, shared by Quartz, shows the average number of minutes people spend each day staring at screens. Data is separated by country, and it also shows a breakdown revealing how long our faces are glued to TVs, computers, smartphones and tablets each day. In the United States, people spend an average of 444 minutes every day looking at screens, or 7.4 hours. That breaks down to 147 minutes spent watching TV, 103 minutes in front of a computer, 151 minutes on a smartphones and 43 minutes with a tablet. As sad as those numbers might be, the U.S. is only the sixth worst nation when it comes to staring at screens. At the top of the list is Indonesia, where people spend an average of 540 minutes, or 9 hours each day, looking at their TVs, computers, smartphones and tablets. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to step outside for a moment and enjoy some fresh air.
It’s rare that a single chart can can be so simple and yet so horrifying. Such is the case with a chart put together by widely-respected Kleiner Perkins Internet analyst Mary Meeker for her annual presentation on Internet trends.
The chart above, shared by Quartz, shows the average number of minutes people spend each day staring at screens. Data is separated by country, and it also shows a breakdown revealing how long our faces are glued to TVs, computers, smartphones and tablets each day.
In the United States, people spend an average of 444 minutes every day looking at screens, or 7.4 hours. That breaks down to 147 minutes spent watching TV, 103 minutes in front of a computer, 151 minutes on a smartphones and 43 minutes with a tablet.
As sad as those numbers might be, the U.S. is only the sixth worst nation when it comes to staring at screens. At the top of the list is Indonesia, where people spend an average of 540 minutes, or 9 hours each day, looking at their TVs, computers, smartphones and tablets.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to step outside for a moment and enjoy some fresh air.
Source http://bgr.com/2014/05/29/smartphone-computer-usage-study-chart/
Maybe we should take the warnings of RoboCop more seriously. Famous scientists, engineers, and businessmen are banding together to call for a ban on autonomous weapons development. In an open letter published today by the Future of Life Institute—a research group concerned with making sure humanity stays in charge of our technological future—Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, and Steve Wozniak, along with hundreds of other researchers, signed on to the idea that “starting a military AI arms race is a bad idea.” The letter questions the idea of researching technology that can be used to remotely kill humans without anyone telling the weapon to do so. While we have aerial technology today that lets us kill someone in the Middle East from a shipping container outside of Las Vegas, this is not what the Institute is concerning itself with. The letter says its focus is not on “cruise missiles or remotely piloted drones for which humans make all targeting decisions.” Rather, the institute is worried about easily replicable technology that could search and kill humans based on “pre-defined criteria.” Unlike nuclear weapons, [autonomous weapons] require no costly or hard-to-obtain raw materials, so they will become ubiquitous and cheap for all significant military powers to mass-produce. It will only be a matter of time until they appear on the black market and in the hands of terrorists, dictators wishing to better control their populace, warlords wishing to perpetrate ethnic cleansing, etc. Autonomous weapons are ideal for tasks such as assassinations, destabilizing nations, subduing populations and selectively killing a particular ethnic group. While current autonomous technologies are struggling to stand on their own two feet and learn defensive driving techniques, the institute says military technology that could lead to robots killing humans could be “feasible within years, not decades.”
Maybe we should take the warnings of RoboCop more seriously. Famous scientists, engineers, and businessmen are banding together to call for a ban on autonomous weapons development.
In an open letter published today by the Future of Life Institute—a research group concerned with making sure humanity stays in charge of our technological future—Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, and Steve Wozniak, along with hundreds of other researchers, signed on to the idea that “starting a military AI arms race is a bad idea.”
The letter questions the idea of researching technology that can be used to remotely kill humans without anyone telling the weapon to do so. While we have aerial technology today that lets us kill someone in the Middle East from a shipping container outside of Las Vegas, this is not what the Institute is concerning itself with. The letter says its focus is not on “cruise missiles or remotely piloted drones for which humans make all targeting decisions.”
Rather, the institute is worried about easily replicable technology that could search and kill humans based on “pre-defined criteria.”
Unlike nuclear weapons, [autonomous weapons] require no costly or hard-to-obtain raw materials, so they will become ubiquitous and cheap for all significant military powers to mass-produce. It will only be a matter of time until they appear on the black market and in the hands of terrorists, dictators wishing to better control their populace, warlords wishing to perpetrate ethnic cleansing, etc. Autonomous weapons are ideal for tasks such as assassinations, destabilizing nations, subduing populations and selectively killing a particular ethnic group.
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Jul 30 15 7:42 PM
icepick wrote: That's the true mystery here. How on Earth did Liberals manage to move so freaking far left? That's what is gumming up the works these days. That spot that the true Liberals vacated is empty. Any idea how or when that happened? I have a hunch, but nothing definite. The system absolutely will not work if those positions aren't manned. And today's so called Liberals are way off to the left, playing Socialism. Man but are we ever screwed.
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Jul 31 15 12:16 PM
HE’S the son of famous Malaysian shoe designer Jimmy Choo, but Danny Choo has made a name for himself by standing on his own two feet. With his invention that is part Barbie, part Siri, Choo is heading down under for the Sydney Manga and Anime Show.“Eventually, I want her to replace your mobile phone ... She will be able to everything your mobile phone can do, apart from fit in your bag,” he said.Choo’s 3D printed dolls are created in collaboration with fashion designers, made from soft vinyl and enhanced with artificial intelligence. In the not-too-distant future, he will unveil a model that can act as a guard dog, by integrating with home surveillance camera and smoke detector technology.
HE’S the son of famous Malaysian shoe designer Jimmy Choo, but Danny Choo has made a name for himself by standing on his own two feet.
With his invention that is part Barbie, part Siri, Choo is heading down under for the Sydney Manga and Anime Show.
“Eventually, I want her to replace your mobile phone ... She will be able to everything your mobile phone can do, apart from fit in your bag,” he said.
Choo’s 3D printed dolls are created in collaboration with fashion designers, made from soft vinyl and enhanced with artificial intelligence. In the not-too-distant future, he will unveil a model that can act as a guard dog, by integrating with home surveillance camera and smoke detector technology.
Read more @ http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/mirai-is-the-robotic-doll-that-will-transform-your-life/story-fnu2q2e9-1227464440620
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Jul 31 15 8:53 PM
icepick wrote:Yeesh! Somebody has already had the idea, and they're not even part of a government. If it's really this easy to pull off, governments might not mean that much before long anyway. Suddenly we have ultra weird things taking place everywhere. Has something that I failed to notice slipped seriously out of balance lately or something?