• Artificial worm starts to wriggle
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25461358#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa[/url]
Holy shit this is insane.
Now make dinosaurs.
Wait so does this mean were on the path to creating AIs?
[QUOTE=SpartanXC9;43250307]Wait so does this mean were on the path to creating AIs?[/QUOTE] Yes because wriggling is intelligent and there is absolutely nothing that has been done in the field of AI that would be considered intelligent
[QUOTE=Kondor;43250325]Yes because wriggling is intelligent and there is absolutely nothing that has been done in the field of AI that would be considered intelligent[/QUOTE] Don't know if Serious, Sarcastic, or stupid. If the software is causing it to wriggle because it uses its logic to decide wriggling is the most worthwhile thing to do, as in that of a real nematode, than it would be considered artificial intelligence. If it wriggles because it is expressly instructed to do so, then it is just basic programming and not much of an accomplishment. So to answer SpartanXC9's question, yes, this is proper artificial intelligence. Just because it is a very very basic concept doesn't mean that it isn't more intelligent than if exist==true, then wriggle.
imagine if it was conscious with no abilities other than wriggling trapped in its own wriggling body it has no mouth and it must scream
Waiting for PETA to go down on this.
[QUOTE=Joazzz;43253666]imagine if it was conscious with no abilities other than wriggling trapped in its own wriggling body it has no mouth and it must scream[/QUOTE] If wriggling is life, what can one do but wriggle?
[QUOTE=SpartanXC9;43250307]Wait so does this mean were on the path to creating AIs?[/QUOTE] They are going to connect a simulation of the worms brain to the body, so yes pretty much real AI
[QUOTE=ArcticRevrus;43253345]Don't know if Serious, Sarcastic, or stupid. If the software is causing it to wriggle because it uses its logic to decide wriggling is the most worthwhile thing to do, as in that of a real nematode, than it would be considered artificial intelligence. If it wriggles because it is expressly instructed to do so, then it is just basic programming and not much of an accomplishment. So to answer SpartanXC9's question, yes, this is proper artificial intelligence. Just because it is a very very basic concept doesn't mean that it isn't more intelligent than if exist==true, then wriggle.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=TNOMCat;43254053]They are going to connect a simulation of the worms brain to the body, so yes pretty much real AI[/QUOTE] Hey thanks guys! I can't wait to see what this leads to then and I hope they try something bigger next time. Also thank you to the guys who thought it was better to laugh at what I said and call it dumb rather then try to explain it to me.
[QUOTE=ArcticRevrus;43253345]Don't know if Serious, Sarcastic, or stupid. If the software is causing it to wriggle because it uses its logic to decide wriggling is the most worthwhile thing to do, as in that of a real nematode, than it would be considered artificial intelligence. If it wriggles because it is expressly instructed to do so, then it is just basic programming and not much of an accomplishment. So to answer SpartanXC9's question, yes, this is proper artificial intelligence. Just because it is a very very basic concept doesn't mean that it isn't more intelligent than if exist==true, then wriggle.[/QUOTE] According to [url=http://io9.com/researchers-simulate-a-worms-internal-muscle-sensation-1486594835]this[/url] article, the motion is a hardcoded algorithm.
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