27 January 2011

Video of the week -- Transcendent Man



On the man Bill Gates called "the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence". Found via Maria Konovalenko, whom you should definitely check out.

3 Comments:

Blogger Ranch Chimp said...

Interesting video, thanx

27 January, 2011 02:55  
Blogger Robert the Skeptic said...

I had my misgivings about AI, but I am seriously rethinking my opinions.

IBM Corp.'s "Watson" computer defeated the top two "Jeopardy!" champions of all time during a practice round Thursday, showcasing the future of artificial intelligence and setting the stage for filming Friday of two official matches of man vs. machine on the game show. Full story here.

27 January, 2011 20:45  
Blogger Infidel753 said...

We'll know they're really there when they start writing their own blogs.....

28 January, 2011 07:58  

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