forbes.com - 6/23/2009
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Can machines think? In 1950, Alan Turing, considered by some to be the father of modern computing, published a paper in which he proposed that, "If, during text-based conversation, a machine is indistinguishable from a human, then it could be said to be 'thinking' and, therefore, could be ...
forbes.com - 6/23/2009
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forbes.com —
Of all the amazing technologies on the brink
of creation, one has implications far beyond any others:...
the establishment of superhuman artificial intelligence, or AI. The AI systems in commercial use today are what futurist Ray Kurzweil calls "narrow ...
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AI And What To Do About It
forbes.com - 6/23/2009
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forbes.com —
Research in AI used to encompass two sides:
a practical side concerned with building powerful software that...
re-creates some of the mind's problem-solving abilities, and a theoretical side, where software and ideas from computing are used as tools to ...
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What Happened To Theoretical AI?
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Mind Hacks —
... Forbes magazine has an excellent special issue that is rammed full of diverse and interesting articles on artificial intelligence. ...
Artificial Intelligence: It Still Stinks
Al Fin —
... Forbes has published an Artificial Intelligence Report (via Instapundit) online that presents an array of viewpoints on the present and future of AI. From Kurzweil-like true believers in the coming of superhuman intelligent machines to skeptical wanna-believers like ...
The AI Report on Forbes
Blogging the Singularity —
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Sentient Developments —
... Brain could adapt well to cyborg enhancements: The brain maintains a physical map of the body, with different areas in charge of different body parts. Researchers have suggested that when we use tools, our brains incorporate them into this map. IEET: The Difficult Questions of 'Personhood': Every human is a person, right? And anyone we call a person must be a human, correct? Well, no, not necessarily. Re-Public special issue on Transhumanism Forbes: The AI Report NYT: Building a Better Biosphere: Human influence on ...
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