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Re:When Google makes an AI (and they WILL be first), the wor... by circuitslave on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @09:15AM (#9645587)
This reads much like "The Minority Report" which was written in 1956. While this author has a modern spin and is attaching it directly to a company we all know - how is it any different? Has science fiction given us these ideas and led us to this point, or has it been a neon warning we've been ignoring all this time? Maybe this path was inevitable?
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Re:When Google makes an AI (and they WILL be first), the wor... by swader on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @03:40PM (#9648404)
It's different in that none of this is actually science fiction, but just science. All the tech is already there. There's just one more step until we reach AI level.

In 1956 it was impossible. Today, all of this is almost here. The path to AI is inevitable, but it branches into many - we should try and find a way to pick the right one before we reach the crossroads.

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