With the use of chemical stimulation, Ben-Jacob and Baruchi discovered that they could trigger a man-made network of neurons to imprint patterns - the same process by which the brain creates memories. This discovery marks an early but crucial step toward the invention of a computer chip with the capability to create and store information the same way our own brains do. By linking the network of neurons to software which reads the neural activity, the network and the computer can work together to carry out tasks of which computers are currently incapable.
This article is bursting with high-grade what-if fodder. Expect organic computing to become the next great bio-ethical controversy after the political circus surrounding stem-cell research has run its course.
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Greetings Mac,
as I was attempting to dehoax the Titor story I ran across a school site from George Mason University where a colleague of one of the suspects had received a DARPA grant for establishing a self cognitive computer system. (could this be HAL Jr.?)Alexei Simanovich the proud father of this system was recruiting at that time 2005. It would learn by tapping into the internet. I have no doubt the organic will meld with silicon, after all its the 2nd most abundant element next to carbon.
How could we bond and it bond with us do..what is the substitute for a hug. When the Nazis bred their super race soldiers they received no affection..raised like automtons and the effect were true psychotic killers in the form of the SS
amazingly in another Hoax CARET one principle actually did work at DARPA and recieved DARPA grants..
Colleagues also were recipients for distributed processing networks on a very high level..
I am talking world class people razors edge technology..that somehow are innocently connected to DARPA..
A system like us without the luggage of emotions is certainly something to think about, especially in a mass surveillance society where the biometrics have evolved to read expressions..well this does not look good. Colin did not go far enough..its not just a thinking mans game with respect to the new hoaxes..THE PROGRAM.its the legendary Hydra with many heads and its to identify who and where the thinking men are..The Hydra peers at us..
SyS
*slowly steps back, smiles politely*
Hey SyS,
Interesting comments.
I think the reason the lines blur with "new hoaxes" as you put it, is because there is some small probability that this is structured disclosure. A mix of truth and lie, offering some safety net of denyability. At least that's my working theory with things like CARET.
On the AI front I agree with you on some level. Perhaps it is our emotional framework which prevents all out chaos from ensuing. The world is messed up as it is but I can't imagine what it would be like if we were all biological sociopaths. Putting some kind of emotional construct within these systems may be as important as designing the systems themselves.
Interesting days ahead. I just hope I'm not reincarnated as someones talking fridge. "You are low on milk and carrots Jaccob. How is your day going?".
Denny
Hahahaha I owe everyone an apology for a rant I did..I thought the post was erased..I deserve a sound thrashing from Mac! If you do..i will even yodel for a crowd Mac..I feel so Bad..Mr Ecks this is a definite healthy place to vent paranoia :) a constant state of awareness and a smile is always welcome..we have to be mad in a way, lose our heads before we find it
but until then here are the real mad scientists..and they are not giving us nice shapely androids to fulfill our every whim..
.http://www.dennisgorelik.com/ai/2005/10/integrated-self-aware-cognitive.html.
Sys
Denny How about an intelligent kimode with "feelings"
and tells you to get the hell out the restroom!
Sys..
I suppose that the suggested bio-ethical controversies will be based of the origin of the cells used (if they are obtained from a 'consentive' human, they won't care...). However, the 'bio-ethical political circus' is impredictible. Everything will depend on the lobying task at Washington.
Sys--
The Gorelik webpage noted above no longer exists. If interested in his ideas about AI, try:
http://www.dennisgorelik.com/ai/
I would like to see you yodel the star-spangled banner as compensation. Please post to YouTube ASAP. Note link here. 8^)
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