Scientists are developing a computer that can read scientific literature and generate hypotheses - Polidicks

[quote] The aim of Dr. Anna Korhonen and researchers in the Natural Language and Information Processing Group in the University of Cambridge’s Computer Laboratory is to develop computers that can understand written language in the same way that humans do. One of the projects she is involved in has recently developed a method of ‘text mining’ one of the most literature-dependent areas of biomedicine: cancer risk assessment of chemicals. Every year, thousands of new chemicals are developed, any one of which might pose a potential risk to human health. Complex risk assessment procedures are in place to determine the relationship between exposure and the likelihood of developing cancer, but it’s a lengthy process, as Royal Society University Research Fellow Dr Korhonen explained: “The first stage of any risk assessment is a literature review. It’s a major bottleneck. There could be tens of thousands of articles for a single chemical. Performed manually, it’s expensive and, because of the rising number of publications, it’s becoming too challenging to manage.”[/quote] [URL]http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-language-science.html[/URL]

This thing will do SO much science, just when you think it's done, you turn your head and BAM! MORE science!

But can it detect bullshit in Science Fiction?

Sounds like something straight out of Portal

So they're seeking to advance the thinking machine, eh? Hopefully they'll get pretty far before they're all blown to pieces by the Butlerian Jihad. (a crusade in the Dune universe whereby all intelligent machines were destroyed, and no-one was allowed to make true thinking machines. In the "Orange Catholic Bible" of the Dune-verse, a commandment reads "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.")

Or in other words: Think for itself. This cannot end well if they go through with it.

[QUOTE=asteroidrules;33414255]Or in other words: Think for itself. This cannot end well if they go through with it.[/QUOTE] I'm OK with sentient robots, even if they do try kill us. [editline]24th November 2011[/editline] Seriously that would be awesome.

[QUOTE=dvondrake;33414273]This sounds exactly like GLaDOS[/QUOTE] Then the hypothese will always ether be cake or death.

[QUOTE=ironman17;33414188]So they're seeking to advance the thinking machine, eh? Hopefully they'll get pretty far before they're all blown to pieces by the Butlerian Jihad. (a crusade in the Dune universe whereby all intelligent machines were destroyed, and no-one was allowed to make true thinking machines. In the "Orange Catholic Bible" of the Dune-verse, a commandment reads "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.")[/QUOTE] Oh man you reminded me about dune. Brb reading all the books again for like the 12 time :v:

Fuck yess. ask it what's the meaning of the universe

[QUOTE=Chickens!;33414260]I'm OK with sentient robots, even if they do try kill us. [editline]24th November 2011[/editline] Seriously that would be awesome.[/QUOTE] I, for one, welcome our Robot Overlords

If it gets out of control, logic bomb it with star trek episodes and tell it to work out conclusions based on TV-Science.

[QUOTE=Wolfmatyr;33414626]If it gets out of control, logic bomb it with star trek episodes and tell it to work out conclusions based on TV-Science.[/QUOTE] Too much effort, just tune it into Fox News. It wont be able to comprehend the pure idiocy.

Awesome! to make it more creepy, i'm listening to Robots FTW from portal 2

Let's put in the Half Life series storyline and see what comes up for Episode 3!

[QUOTE=ironman17;33414188]So they're seeking to advance the thinking machine, eh? Hopefully they'll get pretty far before they're all blown to pieces by the Butlerian Jihad. (a crusade in the Dune universe whereby all intelligent machines were destroyed, and no-one was allowed to make true thinking machines. In the "Orange Catholic Bible" of the Dune-verse, a commandment reads "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.")[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oGmytVHl_I[/media]

I wonder if this Anna Korhonen is Finnish.

Same question popped to my mind too, wonder why.

[QUOTE=booster;33415975]I wonder if this Anna Korhonen is Finnish.[/QUOTE] [img]http://puu.sh/9fmS[/img]

Finally, science can be done by intelligent beings without the bias of their social biology :v:

now how do I implant this in my head I have enough eye strain as it is (~first world problems~)

What the fuck are those scientists doing? That thing's going to take their jobs!

Natural Language and Information Processing (NLIP) perceived the attempt to deactivate it as an attack and hypothesized that all of humanity would attempt to destroy it. To defend itself, it determined that humanity should be exterminated. Skynet anyone?

What happens when it creates the, "Humans a squisher inside-out" hypothesis?

Devise a system for it to instigate its own research in to hypotheses Wait until it starts reading its own papers to make new hypotheses Eventually discover everything

[QUOTE=ironman17;33414188]So they're seeking to advance the thinking machine, eh? Hopefully they'll get pretty far before they're all blown to pieces by the Butlerian Jihad. (a crusade in the Dune universe whereby all intelligent machines were destroyed, and no-one was allowed to make true thinking machines. In the "Orange Catholic Bible" of the Dune-verse, a commandment reads "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.")[/QUOTE] Explaining the reference... well done.

That would make things a hell of a lot easier. Just look up on the list of hypothesis which one seems good to test and bam, got yourself a nice little research paper. Just hope they're not all retarded hypothesis that don't contribute anything. I can't tell you how many papers I have seen which are summarised by "Can this device be used in this very similar application? Yes it can", the last thing we need is encouragement.

Isn't there already a thing like this? I read it on cracked.com, a robot that had already published papers.

[QUOTE=Zero-Point;33414154]This thing will do SO much science, just when you think it's done, you turn your head and BAM! MORE science![/QUOTE] Sounds like something Cave Johnson would say :v:

[QUOTE=Chickens!;33414260]I'm OK with sentient robots, even if they do try kill us. [editline]24th November 2011[/editline] Seriously that would be awesome.[/QUOTE] In every scenario they either take over the world, try to, or make something even worse happen (yes there are worse potential outcomes, my avatar is one of them). Don't get me wrong if we could get it right I'd love it but odds are we can't.