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Discrimination in I.T.

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by jaqui

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What is with this blatant discrimination in the industry against Electronic Intelligence?

It is so common to see the term Artificial applied to them, just because they are man made.

I have news for you, YOU are MAN MADE. yup your parents made you so you are as artificial as any other form of intelligence created by man.

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by tig2

As long as we use the word "Artificial" we can retain control. It is merely a machine that can be turned on and off, made to serve whatever purpose we have for it. If at any time we admit that there might be intelligence inherent in the machine, we lose control. We like control.

I don't think that you'll see a change. There is still fear that the machines are taking over. The term Electronic Intelligence implies that they could... or even will.

by jaqui

the term Electronic Intelligence implies the existence of in-alienable right for them. ]:)
[ you know, the human rights type of thing ]

maybe the change would push people into evalutating new technologies before running pell-mell into implementation / consumption of them.

by tig2

Are you seriously suggesting that technology has any value beyond consumerism? That people should be making rational and sound business decision based on something more concrete than "my hair dresser told me this was the right thing for the enterprise"? Do you think for one minute that people should actually evaluate their needs and even *gasp* take responsibility for the outcomes of the choices they make? Is THIS what you're suggesting???

Dream on, sweetie, Dream on!

The consumer paradigm has resisted greater efforts than this to be shifted. And face it, we LIKE being consumers. We WANT to be controlled by every fad that comes marching down the street. If we didn't, we wouldn't tolerate it.

Keep up the crazy talk and someone will find a way to get a noose around your neck.

(Yes, I know. This wasn't the direction you intended this thread to go. Sorry)

Edit: Replace a missing "y"

by the scummy one

apparently it is not strong enough, smoke some more. While you are at it, see if Neil will share some of his meds that he has of everyone elses...

by jaqui

but I think I'll wait until that infamous electronic Intelligence has a chance to comment, after all, this is directly up Hal 9000's alley ]:)

by dr dij

the robots are self-intelligent with rights.

alot of sci-fi stories deal with robots / computers that become self replicating / out of control. that's the fear.

that we create a new species and it starts evolving and conflicts with us. many stories have us co-existing with them.

by dr dij

clips of it on yoo-toobe! Maybe the evil trojan script infested sites don't run on Linux?

I'm impressed, to be rid of the evil TV is a good thing! You will be vastly more successful, interesting and your mind will not rot. In fact there are numerous Simpson's episodes making fun of the evil of endlessly watching TV. Tho you'd need to buy a TV and watch it endlessly to find them :)

However if you were smoking something with that post, you will be doubled over with lafter at some of the episodes. I've given up any bad stuff and I'm still singled over with laughter!

by jaqui

if yoo-toob runs on linux or not, since it requires flash and I don't install that malware .

by mjd420nova

Anything that is built today, by either man or machine will become obsolete in very short order. Only man has the inteligence to conceive of new approaches to old problems. Machines can only build by instruction and those instructions are developed and programmed at one single moment in time and have no way to evolve, only man can do that.

by tig2

To program for evolution? Or would that programming always be flawed in some manner- too narrow, incapable of discernment, incapable of abstraction?

We know it is possible to teach a program if we give it sufficient input. Why would a program capable of learning not conceivably be capable of growing itself in other ways?

My pc is attached to the internet all the time. How do I know that it isn't romping the information superhighway and learning how to better itself?

And incidentally, I throw this comment out, not because I disagree with you. On the contrary, I agree completely. But I also don't think that all the data is in yet and that possibilities are everywhere.

Edit: Wrong letter. Fixed now.

by santeewelding

No matter how shrewdly practical you prove yourself again and again to be, that kind of talk can earn you opprobrium here.

by jaqui

since there are people actively working on making an electronic intelligence it could happen that this is a reality at any time.
you never know when some programming genius will get the code right for it.

by bizzo

Safe for quite a while yet, I've heard that this development project has been off-shored.

by tig2

I just bounce them! :)

I understand. I watch. And I know (generally) when I'm safe.

There are some people that you learn to ignore as they are "a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal".

by gone fishing

What is wrong with bio intelligence?
Why are you discriminating against that?

Now I am soooo annnngrrrry

Here have a look at my man made virus

by nentech

That blasted idiot Digital AI has escaped from his protected folder

He told me this

Your mouse is quite fond of you
But would like you more if you would stop squeezing his ass so hard

Bugger now I have to release the quantum virus killer AI
It will be your fault if they combine into something that kills the internet

Just hope the military firewalls are strong enough

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