This is why you are the wind beneath my wings.
It's always good to have a partner in crack. That way you have somebody to blame.
Dawn: Are you kidding? Dr. Keiser: I never kid about my amazing surgical skills.
'Bring On The Night'
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.
shrift - Jan 04, 2006 10:18:19 am PST #7354 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Kathy A - Jan 04, 2006 10:18:19 am PST #7355 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm going through a bit of a Music Man phase.
I'm thinking about getting my dad a plaque saying, "I consider the hours I spend with a cue in my hand are golden" that he can put over his pool table (my sister gave him a very pretty cuestick for Christmas).
Betsy HP - Jan 04, 2006 10:20:25 am PST #7356 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Was it hard because we didn't know how to do it yet?
This. See timeline here: [link]
1969 John Pierce of Bell Labs said automatic speech & voice recognition will not be a reality for several decades because it requires artificial intelligence.
See also the official voice recognition page of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence:
If the research on a topic began in AI labs, then yes, I consider it AI even after it's widely available. See here for a list of current successes:
Dana - Jan 04, 2006 10:21:02 am PST #7357 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm thinking about getting my dad a plaque saying, "I consider the hours I spend with a cue in my hand are golden" that he can put over his pool table
Hee. That's awesome.
I had a philosoph professor in college who liked to wind up statements with "And then you got trouble!"
There were a couple of us who had a hard time not responding with "Right here in River City!"
Betsy HP - Jan 04, 2006 10:21:57 am PST #7358 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I thought we were debating "what is AI" rather than "Have we created a robot that passes the Turing Test". The TT is still my benchmark for genuine intelligence. Then again, I've met people who flunk it...
flea - Jan 04, 2006 10:22:12 am PST #7359 of 10002
information libertarian
My cousin has a PhD in computer science from Oxford and worked/s on AI in terms of making computer eyes able to track an object as it moves against a background. Apparently it's really really hard, and now Microsoft pays him lots of money to develop alternatives to Google.
§ ita § - Jan 04, 2006 10:24:18 am PST #7360 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If the research on a topic began in AI labs, then yes, I consider it AI even after it's widely available. See here for a list of current successes:
I think that's a weak stance. There's no reason one branch of research can't have offshoots or uses in other branches. And the whole wide use is or is not AI is a straw man of your own invention.
erikaj - Jan 04, 2006 10:24:31 am PST #7361 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
What does Emmett think W. is? Cause I'm assuming at 9 that he doesn't use mom's moniker "That Fucker"?
brenda m - Jan 04, 2006 10:25:56 am PST #7362 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
I've got my coworker using El Commandante Fuckwit (TM Deb G)
Spidra Webster - Jan 04, 2006 10:33:33 am PST #7363 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
The Music Man is my dad's fave. One year my brother got the Harold Hill part in his jr. high play and it was Dueling Harold Hills around our household.