IBM makes supercomputer significantly smarter than cat - Polidicks

[QUOTE=GreenDolphin;18450947]Give it 10-15 years. [editline]12:08PM[/editline] And the last question remains. Can it run Crysis?[/QUOTE] 9.9 years i say

[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;18452265]I thought every robotic/AI induced Apocalypse movie out there would've taught us to be more careful.[/QUOTE] Look, just make one computer, and don't connect it to the internet, and don't give it lasers or rocket launchers. Then if it goes insane we'll know we fucked up and need to try again.

[QUOTE=BaconDioxide;18453015]Look, just make one computer, and don't connect it to the internet, and don't give it lasers or rocket launchers. Then if it goes insane we'll know we fucked up and need to try again.[/QUOTE] HAL didn't have access to the Internet, or Lasers or Rocket Launchers. In fact, HAL was perfectly sane in the novel, and even to a degree was sane until certain incidents in the movie. Just because it doesn't go batshit the second you boot it up, doesn't mean it won't go batshit a year from then.

[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;18453113]HAL didn't have access to the Internet, or Lasers or Rocket Launchers. In fact, HAL was perfectly sane in the novel, and even to a degree was sane until certain incidents in the movie. Just because it doesn't go batshit the second you boot it up, doesn't mean it won't go batshit a year from then.[/QUOTE] Yeah, well, don't give it control of a spacecraft either. Keep it for a year or two and see what happens. It's unlikely these things are going to be mobile any time soon, anyway.

[QUOTE=archangel125;18448905]Interesting. I'd give it fifty to a hundred years at the current rate of technological advancement before they're able to accurately simulate human or near-human intelligence.[/QUOTE] Though it was only two years ago that a super computer could only simulate [b]half[/b] of a mouse's brain. I'd give researchers and scientists 10-15 years.

[QUOTE=Root Beer;18448873]A cat can't beat me at chess though[/QUOTE] A cat that doesn't have to process telemetry data from its senses and dedicates all of the neurons in its brain to chess might be able to do so though.

[QUOTE=voodooattack;18453214]A cat that doesn't have to process telemetry data from its senses and dedicates all of the neurons in its brain to chess might be able to do so though.[/QUOTE] A computer of that power could easily run Deep Blue and barely make a dent in the processing power used for emulating the cat's brain.

[QUOTE=Umi-hebi;18450985][img]http://imgkk.com/i/y3rO0k.gif[/img] MAXIMUM SPEED[/QUOTE] I hate myself from laughing at this.

[QUOTE=Str4t0s;18455269]I hate myself from laughing at this.[/QUOTE] Same. I feel a little better as the cat seemed fine, but still. :ohdear:

Oh well, you know what they say, if a computer beats you at chess, try kickboxing.

Amazing, they built a supercomputer and they don't even know how it works.

Does the computer also have the ability to despise its owners?

Hey, cats have a level of self-consciousness, right, so does that mean this thing does too? Is it still okay to 'kill' it?(Shut it down.)

[QUOTE=LCBADs;18456131]Hey, cats have a level of self-consciousness, right, so does that mean this thing does too? Is it still okay to 'kill' it?(Shut it down.)[/QUOTE] I think shutting it down would seem like blacking out to it.

[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;18455249]A computer of that power could easily run Deep Blue and barely make a dent in the processing power used for emulating the cat's brain.[/QUOTE] Deep Blue was [b]built[/b] for a computer, and to utilize a computer's resources to the brim. I was merely stating a fact, not taking efficiency into consideration; on the other hand however, using a biological cat's brain and an [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain%E2%80%93computer_interface#Invasive_BCIs]invasive BCI[/url] to achieve the same functionality might prove to be a cheaper solution in the near future. :pseudo:

[QUOTE=LCBADs;18456131]Hey, cats have a level of self-consciousness, right, so does that mean this thing does too? Is it still okay to 'kill' it?(Shut it down.)[/QUOTE] It will not be aware of it. If we were to boot it up again a week later, it would seem like not a single second had passed from the computers point of view. If they shut off ALL brain activity of course.

[QUOTE=Valdor;18449076]When I see four chickens take down a cow without any loses then I'll believe that.[/QUOTE] When I see chickens become giant lizards with a massive fucking claw on their foot I think they'll be able to take down cows no problem.

[QUOTE=Umi-hebi;18450985][img]http://imgkk.com/i/y3rO0k.gif[/img] MAXIMUM SPEED [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Image spam / Animal abuse" - cosmic duck))[/highlight][/QUOTE] Oh god, im going to hell for laughing at that

I'd like to see a computer wait for you to go to sleep just so it can sneak onto your face and knead your chest until you feed it

[QUOTE=Perfumly;18448903]Shows how far off we still are from replicating a human brain.[/QUOTE] More like shows how close we are. The fact the the percentage can be measured in whole numbers is amazing. Not to long ago, the fastest super computer wasn't even as smart as an earthworm. [editline]09:47PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Reaver1991;18448906]That means it's already two times as smart as Emperor Scorpious II.[/QUOTE] And three times as smart as, say, someone who really loves Somalia.

[QUOTE=archangel125;18448905]Interesting. I'd give it fifty to a hundred years at the current rate of technological advancement before they're able to accurately simulate human or near-human intelligence.[/QUOTE] The power of computer technology doubles every 18 months. It's like the corn on the chessboard brain teaser.

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/TheCat1.jpg[/img] We already have a creature evolved from one...

Now we need it to have a snappy acronym as its name and we're set

Then you start to have the ethical issues. What sets apart a simulated brain from a real one? Both are simply electrochemical actions. Where will the line be drawn?

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;18457496]The power of computer technology doubles every 18 months. It's like the corn on the chessboard brain teaser.[/QUOTE] Speed of a computer really has little do with artificial intelligence. Personally, I don't believe computers will ever be intelligent, and I don't believe this IBM computer is either. Computers are inherently really, really dumb. All they can do is execute instructions at a very high rate. Computers will never be able to think for themselves.

[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;18460355]Speed of a computer really has little do with artificial intelligence. Personally, I don't believe computers will ever be intelligent, and I don't believe this IBM computer is either. Computers are inherently really, really dumb. All they can do is execute instructions at a very high rate. Computers will never be able to think for themselves.[/QUOTE] Until they start to simulate the structures of brains, as they are currently doing. The faster the computer, the more neurons it can simulate at a lifelike speed.

[QUOTE=_Twitch_;18460524]Until they start to simulate the structures of brains, as they are currently doing. The faster the computer, the more neurons it can simulate at a lifelike speed.[/QUOTE] But the speed doesn't matter really. It can be slower and just simulate at a slower rate, it wouldn't really matter unless it takes year to do something simple. :v: What really matters is how the program is written.

This just in: IBM, fuck yea...

I don't think computers and brains will ever be comparable, except perhaps [i]maybe[/i] biocomputers. But traditional microprocessors? There's way too many factors to be able to compare them with any degree of accuracy. How much RAM does my brain have? L1 cache? Long-term storage? What clock speed does it run at? Oh wait, the sheer amount of difference between the two effectively invalidates any attempt at comparison. Hell, I could say that my graphing calculator is smarter than anyone on the planet because I've yet to see anyone count to 50 in under a second or calculate the square root of pi in an instant.

Will this mean... in a few hundred years... my computer will be my girlfriend who actually loves me? If so::dance: