Google AI Project

[CraigOley]

It seems Google has plans to somehow make an AI. George Dyson wrote, in an article in Edge about his visit to the plex, that one of the Google employees told him:

"We are not scanning all those books to be read by people. We are scanning them to be read by an AI."

This basically confirms the rumors I had been hearing lately about Google creating an artificial intelligence to be able to serach through all media, research, and basically write research papers on any questions that any person would ask it. It's hard for me to even comprehend being able to go to www.googleai.com (which they already have the rights to) and typing in something like "What would be another source of energy that human's could use to decrease their dependancy on oil?" into the search form and having it e-mail me a 10 page research paper (basically). I have heard rumors that they are almost completed passing the Turing test and plan to move onto applications shortly. This project could (and will I hope) be an information revolution in itself.

Any thoughts or further information/insight?

 

[Uhtrinity]

So Google will equal Skynet??

 

[CraigOley]

Hopefully skynet minus the whole end of the world thing...

 

[Uhtrinity]

Originally posted by: CraigOley
Hopefully skynet minus the whole end of the world thing...

LOL

 

[Moonbeam]

We will need to be able to acces AI data directly from our heads so that what it knows we will too.

 

[smashp]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
We will need to be able to acces AI data directly from our heads so that what it knows we will too.

or worse

the AI will need to be able to access our thoughts and knowledge directly from our heads so that what we know, it will too

 

[Meuge]

I think if a self-aware entity will spontaneous arise out of any computer system in the world, it is most likely that Google will be both the host, and the direct cause.

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: smashp

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
We will need to be able to acces AI data directly from our heads so that what it knows we will too.

or worse

the AI will need to be able to access our thoughts and knowledge directly from our heads so that what we know, it will too

Unlike Meuge who seems to believe that a self aware system can spontaneously arise, I think it will have to be intentionally created by the reverse engineering of the human brain. That will imply, I think, that the machine intelligence we create will be human. That may cause you great fear, but I see in it tremendous hope. There are some humans around whose mantra is, 'I vow to save all sentient beings.' Man can be known by his aim.

 

[1EZduzit]

I would think that only an atheisit could believe that some random code could "spring to life" all by itself?

 

[B00ne]

Originally posted by: 1EZduzit
I would think that only an atheisit could believe that some random code could "spring to life" all by itself?

Hmmm depends, I doubt that it would be random code and while I know nothing about Quantum computers, I believe for an AI to come into this world we need quantum computers first because then truly the outcome of something is not determined by code but rather by probabilities (as in quantum mechanics - however unlikely an event is it could still be possible)

Now the atheist thing and us being the unique creature of having free will... Afaik there has been evidence that no such thing as free will exsists. That free will is rather a construct by our brain for our consciousnes to explain why we took a certein decision which off course has unconsiously been taken by our brain before we consciously attribute it to our free will. Dunno these experiments were something like: ppl weher supposed to press one of several buttons and say why the choose that particular button and apparently it turned out that the decision to press a particular button was done before it become conscious to the button presser.... (taken out of my faint memory of something I read a while ago)

So why should it not be possible to have some sort of AI - I believe that the decisions we take are beasically quite deterministic, stemming from the sum of our experience and from what we gathering from our experience expect from that decision

 

[CraigOley]

How long (after multi-tasking 124 processors on one chip come out) do you think it will take for people to start being able to program computers that are similar to the concious mind?

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: CraigOley
How long (after multi-tasking 124 processors on one chip come out) do you think it will take for people to start being able to program computers that are similar to the concious mind?

We are at the knee of the curve where the acceleration in acceleration of change begins to be noticable. Soon it will be Toad's Wild Ride.

 

[OrByte]

I will be afraid IF they name it "SkyNet" or "Cyberdyne Systems"

 

[JEDIYoda]

okay so you guys adreess this nonesense while I go out and have my dylithium Crsytals re-energized!!

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
okay so you guys adreess this nonesense while I go out and have my dylithium Crsytals re-energized!!

It is very important to the ego to insult others in areas of its own self ignorance so as to protect itself from the realization of just how worthless it really feels. The delusional feeling of self importance thus created substitutes for real confidence.

 

[CraigOley]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
okay so you guys adreess this nonesense while I go out and have my dylithium Crsytals re-energized!!

"nonsense"? Try researching something before you say it is not true.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: CraigOley

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
okay so you guys adreess this nonesense while I go out and have my dylithium Crsytals re-energized!!

"nonsense"? Try researching something before you say it is not true.

Actually within the parameters of realistically evolving into some sort of AI is just bogus and at best absurd.

All absurd conjecture with no basis for fact as of yet....

If I am wrong correct me using facts that are from reliable sources....

Thank You!!

 

[lyssword]

Originally posted by: Uhtrinity

Originally posted by: CraigOley
Hopefully skynet minus the whole end of the world thing...

LOL

oh the T3, lol

 

[JackStorm]

I, for one, welcome our new google AI overlords. That is, as long as they don't tell me how to live my life.

 

[1EZduzit]

Originally posted by: CraigOley
How long (after multi-tasking 124 processors on one chip come out) do you think it will take for people to start being able to program computers that are similar to the concious mind?

Programing them? You mean I can't just talk to "it"??

Better yet, ask yourself how long will it be before "it" programs you??

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Don't bogart that joint.

 

[1EZduzit]

Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
Don't bogart that joint.

I save that for special occasions.

 

[episodic]

Still waiting for something that can even pass Alan Turing's test.

 

[CraigOley]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda

Originally posted by: CraigOley

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
okay so you guys adreess this nonesense while I go out and have my dylithium Crsytals re-energized!!

"nonsense"? Try researching something before you say it is not true.

Actually within the parameters of realistically evolving into some sort of AI is just bogus and at best absurd.

All absurd conjecture with no basis for fact as of yet....

If I am wrong correct me using facts that are from reliable sources....

Thank You!!

Hmm. Have you ever played a video game? They have pretty good AIs there...

 

[Moonbeam]

In 2007 IBM will have a computer with 1/16 the computing capacity of the human brain.