http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20501091
Cambridge researchers are to assess whether technology could end up destroying human civilisation.
I'm not sure if I find this interesting or ridiculous.
I read the news today oh boy! Page 1,075
Hypocrites no one ever questions if literature could destroy civilisation
Quote: sootyj @ November 26 2012, 11:08 PM GMTHypocrites no one ever questions if literature could destroy civilisation
some might say it already has.
Then we are already too late bring on the terminators
Quote: Harridan @ November 26 2012, 11:06 PM GMThttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20501091
Cambridge researchers are to assess whether technology could end up destroying human civilisation.
I'm not sure if I find this interesting or ridiculous.
I'm always having an argument with the techno-phones over this. Unless you can programme a machine to feel desire - a highly emotional, esoteric and philosophical concept - then machines alone will not destroy civilisation.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ November 26 2012, 11:13 PM GMTI'm always having an argument with the techno-phones over this. Unless you can programme a machine to feel desire - a highly emotional, esoteric and philosophical concept - then machines alone will not destroy civilisation.
We are just projecting our own emotions onto robots. Robots taking over the world, why would they? More likely evolution would cause us to shrivel away because all the bloody robots were doing everything 
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ November 26 2012, 11:13 PM GMTI'm always having an argument with the techno-phones over this. Unless you can programme a machine to feel desire - a highly emotional, esoteric and philosophical concept - then machines alone will not destroy civilisation.
Ah, but the sci-fi films always go with "My programming requires that I protect humanity. I have deemed humanity's greatest threat to be the US government. Therefore I must destroy Washington"
And what about millions of iPads being taught to be self absorbed twats
Quote: sootyj @ November 26 2012, 11:17 PM GMTAnd what about millions of iPads being taught to be self absorbed twats
Is that a sanitary-towel joke?
Quote: AJGO @ November 26 2012, 11:18 PM GMTIs that a sanitary-towel joke?
It is now
Quote: Harridan @ November 26 2012, 11:15 PM GMTAh, but the sci-fi films always go with "My programming requires that I protect humanity. I have deemed humanity's greatest threat to be the US government. Therefore I must destroy Washington"
That's just bad programming created by humans. For a true artificial intelligence and not just some chess playing sideshow attraction, it will have to have the full gamut of human emotions as well as being self aware, capable of reason, a code of ethics, etc., otherwise it's just an iPhone with a gun,
No it was incisive social satire
Quote: Harridan @ November 26 2012, 11:18 PM GMTIt is now
I can't believe you made a sanitary-towel joke 
Quote: AJGO @ November 26 2012, 11:20 PM GMTI can't believe you made a sanitary-towel joke
Quote: AJGO @ November 26 2012, 11:18 PM GMTIs that a sanitary-towel joke?
'When you said you had Angry Birds on your iPad...'