Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 06:41:06 05/13/02
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On May 12, 2002 at 15:41:52, Jerry Jones wrote: >On May 12, 2002 at 07:28:58, Jerry Jones wrote: > >>H.I.A.R.C. : Higher Artificial Intelligence etc. >>When I run the ChessBase GUI, I get often the message : >>"Hi Mr.Jerry, I'm so happy you switched me on" >>I do not believe that. It's nonsense of course. Chessbase could have written any >>string there. At this time, computers are lifeless machines without feelings and >>are supposed to do what they're programmed to do. Nothing more, nothing less and >>there is no artificial intelligence. >> >>But do you think that in the future computers will be more autonomous, be able >>to modify/create at their own initiative their own software, possibly with >>appropriate internal sensors that control the physical parameters of the >>hardware and simulate feelings, play chess at their own initiative for their own >>pleasure and fear being deleted like humans fear death and have an artificial >>consciousness that more or less resembles that of humans or at least higher >>animals ? >> >>The NASA once developed an autonomous bot for the Viking project with the >>intelligence of a grasshopper, but the project was cancelled. >>What if such autonomous computers become rebellious, develop the "Frankenstein >>syndrome" , or is this pure S.F. ? >> >>JJ > >Yes, I wanted to hear Dr.Hyatt's and other experts' opinion but the replies are >a little off the main issue : >Will there ever be computers like Hall 9000 that have human-like consciousness ? >Or will computers always be soulless machines and act unconsciously ? With the current way we make computers; using a microchip it is impossible to create any form of human intelligence IMHO. >JJ
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