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WCDT 3056-3060 (5-9 Oct 2015)
Drunken Old Man:
--- Quote from: Tova on 10 Oct 2015, 00:01 ---This is where I recall, as I do more and more often, that even Claire had her haters when she was introduced.
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Doubtless. However, I feel three months of waiting for this particular character to manifest an amusing or interesting characteristic other than "snark dispenser" is quite enough.
Perfectly Reasonable:
Well, that's one way to blow off steam.
For the Google-challenged, 'mathematical knitting' IS a serious topic.
--- Quote from: Morituri on 08 Oct 2015, 18:25 ---I do this in spite of knowing that strong AI is probably the biggest existential risk for the human race right now. Because it's what I have to do, that's why. I can't really explain it.
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This is the curse of Frankenstein.
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 10 Oct 2015, 00:24 ---Well, that's one way to blow off steam.
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While retaining control.
It could have been Faye's head. It wasn't. That was no accident.
The punch was pulled (the wall is still there). Also no accident.
Bubbles retains sanity and kindness. She's just hurtin'.
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: Morituri on 08 Oct 2015, 18:25 ---.
ELIZA was about as smart as grass. Modern chatterbots like the ones in the Loebner prize competition are probably smarter than clams, which is a huge step up. Those missile-defence systems that were described as being about as smart as a spiny lobster - which is about the same as a cockroach - were another order of magnitude up. But then you get to things like Google Translate and the neural networks that do unsupervised classification and description of things in photographs, and IBM's Watson and the new self-driving cars. Those are probably about as smart as a snake or a gecko, and that's actually about three more orders of magnitude.
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Sounds about right, though I think you underestimate geckos. More like amphibia, batrachians.
--- Quote ---I'm working on something that, if I'm right about a couple of mad-science crackpot theories about long-term and short-term memory and self-awareness and intention, will be as smart as a mouse.
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Gronk. That's past the line. The one between thing and animal. An entity that has to be accorded some rights. Ethics become involved, as they do with animal cruelty prevention.
Even if things don't pan out - colour me seriously impressed.
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: Tova on 10 Oct 2015, 00:01 ---This is where I recall, as I do more and more often, that even Claire had her haters when she was introduced.
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Hardly relevant. Some people have no soul and don't like cheesy puns. Different from not liking someone for being weirdly passive aggressive and then nearly punching someone's head off for asking them to stay.
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