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Mr.Bookworm 03-25-2009 06:58 PM

There are people who watch MTV?

Mirai Gen 03-25-2009 07:11 PM

I, of course, exclude Synk from this
 
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Originally Posted by Mr.Bookworm (Post 907169)
There are people who watch MTV?

Sadly, some people also only know music and culture that has been fed to them specifically from MTV.

Lady Cygnet 03-25-2009 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by synkr0nized (Post 906992)

Also, Fifth's pants don't qualify as "untold horror." Sorry to ruin your fun, but if that's what your psychiatrist has been telling you he/she is a hack.

It's what's *inside* the pants, isn't it?

And in other news, how on earth does my daughter find so many coins on the ground? Does she think she's a bank, or is she secretly one of the Mario Brothers, bursting open invisible blocks to reveal coinage? Should I quit my job and use her to make money?

Mike McC 03-25-2009 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Mirai Gen (Post 907173)
Sadly, some people also only know music and culture that has been fed to them specifically from MTV.

MTV plays music? Surely you're mistaken.

BitVyper 03-25-2009 10:42 PM

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it would essentially be no different from how we currently train animals for purposes we find them useful for.
Funny thing about that: You can train and train and train as much as you want, but an animal will always have a mind of its own. Oh, you can get them to perform their tasks flawlessly, but that doesn't mean they stop thinking about other things. It's just that it's really easy for us to keep control over their circumstances and provide them with the things they want and need. The world's working dogs aren't about to form a union. Depending on the complexity of the AI, that may not necessarily be the case. If you create something that can handle abstracts for some reason (maybe it needs to deal with people, or problems that require lateral thinking), then maybe it can start to desire and think about abstracts in ways you didn't predict. Of course, we're a loooooooooooooooo- 3 hours later -oooooooooooong way from having to be concerned about our AIs being too advanced. Hell, if we COULD produce animal-level intelligences in our computers, it would be absolutely gorram incredible. Like science fiction incredible.

bluestarultor 03-25-2009 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BitVyper (Post 907242)
Funny thing about that: You can train and train and train as much as you want, but an animal will always have a mind of its own. Oh, you can get them to perform their tasks flawlessly, but that doesn't mean they stop thinking about other things. It's just that it's really easy for us to keep control over their circumstances and provide them with the things they want and need. The world's working dogs aren't about to form a union. Depending on the complexity of the AI, that may not necessarily be the case. If you create something that can handle abstracts for some reason (maybe it needs to deal with people, or problems that require lateral thinking), then maybe it can start to desire and think about abstracts in ways you didn't predict. Of course, we're a loooooooooooooooo- 3 hours later -oooooooooooong way from having to be concerned about our AIs being too advanced. Hell, if we COULD produce animal-level intelligences in our computers, it would be absolutely gorram incredible. Like science fiction incredible.

Watch the video I posted. We have one that looks a lot like Gizmo crossed with a chihuahua that performs simple, early-development, manual tasks at time of filming, like pushing buttons. They want to train it for the next few years for use in a movie or something.

synkr0nized 03-26-2009 11:23 AM

Up on the list.
 
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Originally Posted by Mr.Bookworm (Post 907169)
There are people who watch MTV?


Wait, what? You don't have to watch a network, let alone its programming, to know things like a show's intro pattern or theme songs (especially when parodied various places). I frown upon your implication that I watch that network.

Odjn 03-26-2009 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by synkr0nized (Post 907345)

Wait, what? You don't have to watch a network, let alone its programming, to know things like a show's intro pattern or theme songs. I frown upon your implication that I watch that network.

Frowning isn't the same as rejecting. You do! You totally watch MTV.

synkr0nized 03-26-2009 11:36 AM

You will be consumed.
 
This thread and everyone in it fills me with wage.

Marelo 03-26-2009 11:39 AM

I hope I don't have to contribute to that too much... I'm a poor college student!


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