Re: A geewhiz article about AI in the NYTimes...

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: This jumped out at me: : "An electronic butler that could hold a conversation with its master." : People can say things like that with a straight face? : Owner: Hey iJeeves, what's up? The carpet's dirty. : iJeeves: How does "the carpet's dirty" make you feel? : ... : Gripes about over-claimed natural language understanding systems aside, : perhaps the "AI as ethical slave" angle here is more disturbing. I still : think the ethical definition of AI stands: it's not AI until you feel bad : about telling it what to do. : A : : On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, DEMO Lab's WWWBoard MSG 3186 wrote: : > Posted by Paul Chiusano (pchiusano@cs.brandeis.edu) on July 18, 2006 at : > 11:25:17. : > : > : > What I love about these articles is when journalists use phrases like : > "scientists say that...", as if scientists are members of a little : > club of people that regularly gets together to make unified : > pronouncements about things. : > : > On 7/18/06, DEMO Lab's WWWBoard MSG 3080 <demoboard@cs.brandeis.edu> wrote: : > > Posted by Shivakumar Viswanathan (shiva@cs.brandeis.edu) on July 18, 2006 : > at : > > 07:42:30. : > > : > > : > > : > > ...though without a single word about ALife, EC or : > > bottom-up AI :( : > > : > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : > > Brainy Robots Start Stepping Into Daily Life : > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : > > "Robot cars drive themselves across the desert, electronic eyes perform : > > lifeguard duty in swimming pools and virtual enemies with humanlike : > > behavior battle video game players. : > > : > > These are some fruits of the research field known as artificial : > > intelligence, where reality is finally catching up to the science-fiction : > > hype. A half-century after the term was coined, both scientists and : > > engineers say they are making rapid progress in simulating the human : > > brain, and their work is finding its way into a new wave of real-world : > > products...." : > > : > > : > > : > > : > > : > > :shiva : > > : > > : > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/18/technology/18brain.html?hp&ex=1153281600&en=c : > > b70ee5fcde95dea&ei=5094&partner=homepage : > > : > > -------------------------------------------------------- : > > : > > To post a followup either reply to this message (and it will be automatically : > > posted for you, or go to : > > http://www.demo.cs.brandeis.edu/Private/DEMO_board/messages/3080.html#postfp : > > : > : > -------------------------------------------------------- : > : > To post a followup either reply to this message (and it will be automatically : > posted for you, or go to : > http://www.demo.cs.brandeis.edu/Private/DEMO_board/messages/3186.html#postfp : >

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