Comments on: Robot Makes Scientific Discovery Entirely On Its Own

By: Crimson

Crimson — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:48:55 +0000

machines cannot preform the scientific method.

they cannot determine the diference between what is not a problem and what is.

give a robot 3 perceptions:
vision
hearing
touch

and then connect those to:
a speaker and biotic movement devices

no programing, thats it

also give it a hardrive of like 3k terabytes or something

By: just a guy

just a guy — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:07:25 +0000

Artificial Intelligence is a complex illusion. As one who studied and practiced it, I know this. Trust me, we have a long way to go before machines actually ‘think’. As of now, human engineers and programmers are just very good at making machines that *appear* to think (even to other scientists).

The process in which AI works is different than normal progammed behavior, but they they are still only capeable of operating within the designed parameters. (and in cases like this one, those parameters are designed to have the machine come up with a hypothesis on a give problem, and experiment with it, etc.. Basically, it seems to run a simulation of the scientific method).

Knowing what I do, I’m not too concerned about AI going crazy. What may *actually* go awry are the organic computers, which utilize biological cells as their processors. Granted, I dont know much about these computers, but… any living stucture has a chance to adapt, evolve, mutuate.

By: Ajan

Ajan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:07:03 +0000

Hope they’ve programmed it in such a way that Humans are the Over lords, or its gonna be Judgment Day!!

By: stormie24

stormie24 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:29:31 +0000

have these people ever watched battlestar gallactica??! I mean, come on!!

By: Bryce Rasmussen

Bryce Rasmussen — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:57:57 +0000

And there goes the elitism of science…at this rate, Wall-E will be seen as prophetic.

By: whitcwa

whitcwa — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:07:31 +0000

As an electronic technician with robot repair experience, they’ll kill me last!
Or first…

By: Christophe

Christophe — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:57:54 +0000

Matrix!

By: BartC3

BartC3 — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:58:28 +0000

” Until a robot or a computer offs itself ’cause it thinks its too fat I’m not gonna worry about artificial intelligence.”

By: John

John — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:11:39 +0000

This can’t end well.

Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime
Where we’ve been working in a mine
For our robot overlords
Did I say ‘overlords’?
I meant protectors!

By: Kalel

Kalel — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:59:40 +0000

But they still don’t have one that can open a pod bay door.