http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/ Engadget Comments for Artificial Intelligence solves boring science experiments, makes interns obsolete http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 3rd 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/
Then they take over janitorial jobs, become bus drivers, ticket inspectors, and the like. Then one day, the buses go out running everyone over, the ticket inspectors... well, they sit it out, but the janitors use their access cards to open the nearest gun cabinet (those are scattered about at convenient locations, right?) and go wild.

You underestimate them. Just you go on and do it. Because you see, I know how this stuff works. I'll be on top of the speeding train with some leathered-up babe, and you'll be falling off because you underestimated the robots. And I'll still save you, because I'm heroic like that.

You can pay me in advance, if you like.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 3rd 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/
"Then it saw all people as a threat, not just the ones on the other side. Decided our fate in a microsecond: Extermination."]]>Apr 3rd 2009 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/



Will work for food. :(]]>Apr 3rd 2009 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 3rd 2009 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 3rd 2009 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 3rd 2009 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 3rd 2009 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 3rd 2009 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 3rd 2009 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 3rd 2009 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 3rd 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 3rd 2009 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 3rd 2009 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 3rd 2009 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 4th 2009 3:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/]]>Apr 3rd 2009 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 3rd 2009 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/
D.data
A.analyzing
R.robotic
Y.youth
L.life-form

Now excuse me while I take my SR-71 for a spin around the block. ]]>Apr 4th 2009 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Next, self-service checkout machines replace checkers in retail stores.
Now, the research student is replaced.

Let the dumbing down continue. One day I won't even have to write an engadget comment; my web browser will do it for me.]]>Apr 3rd 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 3rd 2009 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 3rd 2009 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 3rd 2009 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 4th 2009 1:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/
It's just rules. Not consciousness. The so-called intelligence is the programmer's represented in the code she wrote.

Say for example, I'm in a room with bins full of Chinese characters and a set of "rules" for translating these characters and someone outside hands me a question in Chinese and...

Oh, never mind. Religious dualism just won't go away...]]>Apr 4th 2009 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/artificial-intelligence-solves-boring-science-experiments-makes/Apr 4th 2009 2:49PM