6 Nov
2007
6 Nov
'07
11:34 a.m.
On 6 Nov 2007 at 10:58, woodelf wrote:
What about HAL 9000?
Dr Who had a evil computer I think in the mid 70's.
Strange how we belived a computer could have real AI with a few moving
tape drives, a blinking console and a computer voice.
Is there such a thing as AI (I mean, outside of political circles)?
Has there been constructed any set of hardware or software that can
pass the Turing test 100% of the time? Will there ever be one? I
recall that when 2001 came out, it was stated by several AI
specialists that we were perhaps 20 years away from a real HAL 9000.
Is AI the cybernetic equivalent of controlled atomic fusion?
I didn't find the Forbin project particularly threatening. After
all, what could be threatening about a bunch of CDC 3000-series
"green glass" panels and what looked to be the blinkenlights console
of an IBM 1710? The Colossus console looked more like an arcade game
than anything.
What is surprising is the prevalence of CRT-based displays in these
old movies that purport to project "the future". A technological
blind spot the size of Texas.
Cheers,
Chuck