Intelligence
We are a Bad People
A few days ago I was talking to a gentleman about the local situation in Pakistan. With all the different factions/parties/independents trying to leverage any event to their own advantage.
We talked about the economic situation, the political situation, the Talibans and Mullahs (please not I am not using the term Aalim), the under-the-table feudalism, the [...]
Artificial Intelligence and Self Awareness
Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Inc. (http://www.singinst.org/)
EXCERPT: ABOUT US/Our Mission (http://singinst.org/aboutus/ourmission)
In the coming decades, humanity will likely create a powerful artificial intelligence. The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence (SIAI) exists to confront this urgent challenge, both the opportunity and the risk.
SIAI is a not-for-profit research institute in Palo Alto, California, with three major goals: furthering [...]
The Quest for Intelligence
Today, someone emailed me a link to an interesting post from the Bits blogs by NY Times titled Hunting for a Brainy Computer. It’s an interesting read.
The question of artificial cognitive computing is interesting. It opens up new possibilities of wonders, both advantages and terrorizing.
From a philosophical point of view, does a machine which can [...]
