This: [link] is the scariest robot of all time.
A Therac writeup that is more useful to non-geeks.
Murk: But you're a God! The Sacred Glorificus! Glory: I'm a God in exile. Far from the Hellfires of Home and sharing my body with an enemy that stabs my boys in their fleshy little stomachs!
'Dirty Girls'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Betsy HP - Jan 04, 2006 9:49:23 am PST #7314 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
§ ita § - Jan 04, 2006 9:50:16 am PST #7315 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm pretty sure that automatic translation is considered an AI application
Even when it sucks?
No, I'm being harsh--it's way better than me staring at a screen of Russian, but still.
People were probably scared of robots too, right, the unintelligent kind -- just the idea that this machine could follow instructions and make stuff and TAKE AWAY JOBS must have freaked people out.
For a second.
But we still haven't reached a point where an AI can take a human's job, have we? At least, not if the human was doing it well.
Facial recognition! That's AI too, right?
Jessica - Jan 04, 2006 9:52:42 am PST #7316 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
But we still haven't reached a point where an AI can take a human's job, have we? At least, not if the human was doing it well.
Telephone operators?
Betsy HP - Jan 04, 2006 9:52:44 am PST #7317 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Even when it sucks?
Yup. I didn't say it was *finished* AI, just that it is an AI application that is in very widespread use. It isn't usable standalone, but it greatly increases the efficiency of human translators.
bon bon - Jan 04, 2006 9:53:17 am PST #7318 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Now that we're back to housework, can anyone answer my questions about Roombas and rugs?
Yeah! Someone answer Jess's question! I want one.
I am pretty sure amych has a roomba.
Spidra Webster - Jan 04, 2006 9:53:22 am PST #7319 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Wasn't it "Won't Get Fooled Again"?
Betsy HP - Jan 04, 2006 9:53:55 am PST #7320 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
The thing is, once you get used to it, you don't think of it as AI any more. Voice recognition is in enormously widespread use, and it's definitely an AI technology.
DavidS - Jan 04, 2006 9:54:47 am PST #7321 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Not on this topic -- the NYTimes op-ed section has been on the "women, get back in the kitchen, you know you want to!" train for a while now. Irritates me no end.
In timely fashion the San Francisco Chronicle had two articles today refuting these type of articles, specifically taking the NY Times to ask.
What's wrong with trend articles.
The past year has seen the resurgence of two trend stories that will be familiar to news readers of the '80s: the sad fate of high-achieving women who have climbed too high to find a suitable mate, and the exodus of career women from the labor market to rear children. Their treatment in the press is an interesting study in how far a trend story without solid social science can go.
How trend articles moved from women's magazines to newspapers.
Dana - Jan 04, 2006 9:55:34 am PST #7322 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Wasn't it "Won't Get Fooled Again"?
Pretty sure it was Baba O'Riley, because my thought process went "Huh, why are they playing Teenage Wasteland? Oh, wait..."
We need to get DX in here to confirm or deny.
brenda m - Jan 04, 2006 9:55:53 am PST #7323 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, I'd love to know the answer to Jess's Roomba question. Because I wants one, my precioussss.
ETA: x-post, heh.