Feb 152011
The Significance of Watson, by Ray Kurzweil
“By the time the controversy dies down and it becomes unambiguous that nonbiological intelligence is equal to biological human intelligence, the AIs will already be thousands of times smarter than us.”
Mind vs. Machine, by Brian Christian
“THE MARCH OF TECHNOLOGY ISN’T JUST CHANGING HOW WE LIVE, IT’S RAISING NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN.”
Editor’s note – it’s currently Tuesday in Japan!
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February 15, 2011
Alan Turing, Artificial Intelligence
I saw a piece about this on the Newshour (PBS). It’s exciting and a little scary at the same time.
Thanks for the comment, Masden先生. And I agree with you – very exciting, with a certain amount of apprehension! I find nothing else in the world more interesting and challenging right now.