Republicans are Obsolete!
Republicans are Obsolete!
Coming this fall! Rat Patrol II, the Drones!
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
Well computers read our resumes and choose which of us will get a job. They have to power to starve us.
Why not have rats fly planes and drop bombs on us?
Scientific delirium madness.
“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
--Philip K. Dick
Mine wasn't political, but it was satirical. Once could always link to this thread from the political section.
That being said, it is tiring... we know how you feel Dan. And many here agree with you, but still...
Once could always link to this thread from the political section.
Back on topic, I like the premise of wetware. Neuron computing is capable of better decision trees.
Especially when learning and adapting to new patterns. Duplicating nature is fascinating.
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
There was a decent article in Omni many years ago which detailed a logic equivalent of a cockroach brain in TTL and gave insight as to how knowledge retention and application could be effected with the circuit. Given the power of the average embedded microcomputer in today's world, it would be fascinating to see what could be derived from a marriage between the cognitive abilities of an animal brain with the processing power of, say, a fast PIC.
"Everyone wants to be an AM Gangsta until it's time to start doing AM Gangsta shit."
When I was working as an AV tech at a large conference center, HP gave a series of talks about some wetware designs they were working on. I got to video the whole series for them. It was very cool. I wonder what happened to all that excellent work?
Probably got buried by the nonsense that has gone on with their board. Running a business on short term gains and all that. Sigh.
Oh well. Such is the premise of false utopias.
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
I just finished reading this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Bloodline-Sigm...+james+rollins
At the back of the book he gave the previous link I posted about rat brain cells.
I remember back around 1987 when I first stumbled across an article about ANN AI and I was fascinated by the future applications. http://www.neuroshell.com/Successful...telligence.pdf
The book was very entertaining. :)
So is Marvin Minsky, eh?
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman