Just a week ago Iran attacked Israel. Included in the attack were several ballistic missiles. The Standard Missile 3 was first used operationally and shot down several of these missiles. The intercept occurred in space after launches off two US Navy destroyers. This prompted a LinkedIn user to write: “This year saw the first combat … Continue reading First Space Battle?
An AI written story, illustrated by AI!
I never thought about this happening back when I was a child! We thought we would have the HAL 9000 over a decade ago, but didn’t see AI doing “art”. I first had Wonder AI generate some images. The writing prompt I then used was: “A medieval fantasy story about a green fairy, a handsome … Continue reading An AI written story, illustrated by AI!
So how likely is it that there is other intelligent life in our galaxy?
I was curious and started modifying the Drake equation just to get a rough feel for the odds. Back when I was growing up, black holes were theoretical and had never been seen. Nor had planets been observed orbiting other stars. Now we have seen hundreds of planets and many black holes. We can even … Continue reading So how likely is it that there is other intelligent life in our galaxy?
Chess AI teaches itself to play in 4 hours.
Then it goes on to destroy the previous World Champion chess player…an older AI. This happened in 2017. Scroll a few posts down to read about where AI might be in 50 years. Link to story below. You may need to click the title of this story to see the link as well. Ah, WordPress, … Continue reading Chess AI teaches itself to play in 4 hours.
Marines will be getting a new exoskeleton.
The future is coming on fast. Looks like we will be getting the loader from the Aliens movie. Marines to get an exoskeleton. Compare to... YouTube: Ripley drives a Loader Just click the post's title if you can't click the links. 😉 WordPress isn't perfect yet.
Which comes first: cyborgs or androids?
Cyborgs are already here…arguably. Like those with pacemakers or artificial hearts. But if you mean “superhuman cyborgs” then the question is more interesting. There are already chat bots that have human type heads like BINA48. The BINA48 Artificial Intelligence Transcript Regarding Cruise Missiles There are also various vaguely human shaped robots that could be made … Continue reading Which comes first: cyborgs or androids?
Human-animal Hybrids are now being created.
Disturbing that rat-human hybrids have been approved in Japan. The idea is to genetically engineer rats to not produce a pancreas. Then human stem cells are injected into the rat embryo to see if it grows a human pancreas. The eerie part is that there is a possibility that the embryo might start growing a … Continue reading Human-animal Hybrids are now being created.
The BINA48 Artificial Intelligence Transcript Regarding Cruise Missiles
BINA48 stands for Breakthrough Intelligence via Neural Architecture 48. She was built with one of the goals being to test the hypothesis that a person’s consciousness can be transferred over to a non-biological body. A noble goal indeed. I couldn’t find a good transcript of BINA48’s talk with SIRI, so here it is. At the … Continue reading The BINA48 Artificial Intelligence Transcript Regarding Cruise Missiles
Artificial Super Intelligence: Our Salvation or Demise?
The median year AI researchers predict ASI to arrive is perhaps 2060. I applied for an AI policy researcher job at OpenAI. There are jobs out there already with the goal of safely paving the way to Artificial General Intelligence (human level AI). The median date for AGI is 2040. Which brings me to my … Continue reading Artificial Super Intelligence: Our Salvation or Demise?
Communal Intelligence has arrived?
Take the WAZE app for example. Users download the app, and get feedback from other users to obtain information on traffic jams, car accidents, road debris, and location of police speed traps. A user can even chat with other users if each has chat enabled. A user has the option to provide helpful data to … Continue reading Communal Intelligence has arrived?
Countdown to the Singularity 