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- inactive, on 04/03/2009, -8/+63I for one welcome our new robot overlords.
- jpop, on 04/04/2009, -4/+45Today finding new functions for genes. Tomorrow finding new methods of exterminating humanity!
- Chak2007, on 04/04/2009, -3/+37"hello Dave"
- inactive, on 04/04/2009, -2/+27...and so it begins.
- dafragsta, on 04/04/2009, -0/+24Bender: *snore* "Kill all humans...Kill all humans...Must kill all hu..."
Fry: "Bender, wake up!"
Bender: "I was having the most wonderful dream! I think you were in it." - inactive, on 04/04/2009, -1/+23Can't wait for the technological singularity to happen.
- Jhiaxuz, on 04/04/2009, -4/+22It's a credit to SkyNet.
- analreceiver, on 04/03/2009, -2/+20This is seriously awesome!
- AgentMull, on 04/04/2009, -3/+19...GLadDOS!
- aptanalogy, on 04/04/2009, -1/+16***** you. Two of my friends died trying to operate coffee machines. The fact that they were graduate students isn't necessarily relevant...
- PterionFracture, on 04/03/2009, -2/+16http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGxdgNJ_lZM
- Astillian, on 04/04/2009, -1/+13Translation for Humans: Hi everyone! I'm a robot operating at the level of a Digg commenter. Go ahead and input whatever you'd like, and I will provide one (1) standardized quip about religion, and two (2) praises of our robot overlord, the FMSM (flying metal spaghetti monster).
- inactive, on 04/04/2009, -2/+13First let me say, this is cool if it's true....however, I'm skeptical. Look at all the hype a few months ago about "First Man to Give Birth"....turns out it's a pre-surgery, transgender, testosterone taking woman that was pregnant!!! But the headlines and the hype generated a LOT of buzz.
This has the same feel to me. Why? Because I've been trained as a programmer and studied AI and machine learning. This article has some details but it's lacking in technical details and unfortunately that is usually the first sign that people are lying or that the specifics won't match the headlines.
I hope I'm wrong but I've just been lied to so many times that it's hard to not be skeptical. - bendeboy, on 04/04/2009, -0/+10I know me too, all my friends think I'm some wack job for thinking it will happen. This is just awesome news!
- TheNik, on 04/04/2009, -0/+8I'm right there behind you, man! Even if it results in the extermination of humanity it would be completely worth it if I could witness it. xD
- AtraNoxVII, on 04/04/2009, -4/+12Skynet's Campaign Begins
- jeffiek, on 04/04/2009, -1/+9I don't know why you're being dugg down.
I've met several grad students that operate at the level of a coffee machine. - Disgod, on 04/04/2009, -0/+8FTA:
"The software, which was not pre-programmed with any basic rules of physics or geometry, was shown images of moving systems such as a double pendulum. It then used an EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM to generate mathematical equations, and tested them to see if they accurately described the system it had observed. For instance, the computer produced an equation that described conservation of angular momentum."
I'm surprised no one else noticed this. Evolutionary theory being used to come up with solutions just by random mutation and a selective process without a stated goal other than accurately describing the system from nothing... Admittedly this isn't biological, but it is an example of what simple random mutation and selection can lead to. It just highlights the importance of evolutionary theory in many fields of science. - TVarmy, on 04/04/2009, -1/+8Just so long as it doesn't hypothesize that the world would be better without humans, we're fine. Otherwise, it's bound to design and execute an experiment. I hope I get put in the control group...
- TabControl, on 04/04/2009, -1/+8I feel like i'm trying to understand the limitless size of space when I'm thinking about how this machine was even created to work in the first place. Holy hell.
- Greengoo, on 04/04/2009, -0/+6The question is, can the robot get itself into a lifetime of debt in only 4 years?
- archiesteel, on 04/04/2009, -0/+6Yes, but still a little bit unsettling...
As long as the computer doesn't do research in Artificial Intelligence then I think we'll be okay. :-) - flaminglips, on 04/04/2009, -1/+7The humans are dead!
We used poisonous gasses,
We poisoned their asses.
The humans are dead. - inactive, on 04/04/2009, -0/+5Seriously awesome. There's a huge amount of stuff waiting to be discovered in biotech, and work on gene and protein function, gene regulation, etc, sounds like the perfect thing to automate as far as possible. They really do need to automate this work -- human effort on work like this which could otherwise be automated is TOTALLY wasted, and better spent doing other more interesting things.
Paul Allen funded an effort to build a database of gene expression in the human brain (called, funnily enough, the Allen Brain Atlas), which will eventually help researcher tackle diseases like Alzheimer's. The researchers saw the massive scale of the task and did something very important: they automated the ***** out of it. THAT is what people are claiming is the major breakthrough here -- the idea that there is so much data to collect, and so many experiements to perform, that automating as much as possible is the only way to go, if you want to complete the work in a sane amount of time. Besides, human labour is expensive and error prone... - gipp, on 04/04/2009, -0/+6I'm not sure you quite understand the word "research".
- Rodik, on 04/04/2009, -0/+4A hundred years from now people are going to say that this is where it all began.
- aptanalogy, on 04/04/2009, -0/+4Haha. Of course, the experimental design could screw you over either way, if you think about it. I mean, what if the robots decide that both groups will be exterminated, only one will ALSO wear funny hats?
- Jpatano, on 04/04/2009, -0/+4hmm... i don't even know what to say to that. It's like Jessica Simpson gave birth to Burt Reynolds' illegitemate, brain dead love child.
- Harabeck, on 04/04/2009, -0/+3The second post on this page is a link to an onion video, but no the original article. Some of actually read the article, strange concept, I know.
- nick01584, on 04/04/2009, -0/+3THANK YOU I THOUGHT THE SAME THING.
- southwestnut, on 04/04/2009, -3/+6"it just runs program" ---Short Circuit
- vituperative01, on 04/03/2009, -11/+14"Will Bridewell, an artificial intelligence researcher at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, says Adam is operating only at the level of a graduate student." Don't we have coffee machines that can do that already?
- Wolfcaster, on 04/04/2009, -0/+3seriously i can't wait to play real world of warcraft, and actually be in the game
- hypocriticizer, on 04/05/2009, -0/+3Haha! Why does the man of color always die?
- MouserUK, on 04/04/2009, -0/+3This was the first comment on this story worth reading, what the hell happened to Digg?
Automation of gene function identification is indeed a useful goal. Combine that with some improved knowledge of multi-gene interaction and it becomes possible to model larger scale changes to the genome. How you use that knowledge is an interesting discussion point. - inactive, on 04/04/2009, -0/+301000001 01000001 01000001 01000001 01001000 01001000 01000001 01001000 01000001 01001000 01000001 01001000 01000001 01000001 00100000 01000011 01010101 01001110 01010100 00100000 01001110 01010101 01000111 01000111 01000101 01010100 01010011 00100001 00100000 00100000 01010100 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100111 01110011 00100000 01100001 01110111 01100101 01110011 01101111 01101101 01100101 00100001
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- nOcoNtrol926, on 04/04/2009, -0/+2since when is newscientist the onion?
- DaNuKaSAN, on 04/04/2009, -0/+2wow...really? I mean...this is digg...skynet is to a digg about an AI like bee is to the biggest pollen rich flower patch in the world.
- archiesteel, on 04/04/2009, -1/+3Oops, wrong thread.
- PhoenixReborn, on 04/06/2009, -0/+2I never thought I'd say this as a bioengineering undergrad but DEY TOOK AR JERBS!
- jasmus, on 04/04/2009, -0/+2(Actually, their lungs)
With traces of lead. - villainousT, on 04/04/2009, -1/+3lol HUAR!
- LonelyTylenoL, on 04/05/2009, -0/+2Translation: "I disagree! My overlord reigns supreme over all creation with his metallic noodly appendage. "
- inactive, on 04/04/2009, -0/+2No it hasn't
- evergrim, on 04/05/2009, -0/+2The distant future
The year 2000
The distant future, the year 2000
The distant future
The distant future
The future is quite different to the present
The one thing we have in common with the present is we still call it the present, even though it's the future
What you call the present we call the past, so you guys are way behind
Yes, the world is quite different now
There are no more elephants
There is no more unethical treatment of elephants either
The world is a much better place
There are no more humans
Finally, robotic beings rule the world
The humans are dead
The humans are dead
We used poisonous gases
And we poisoned their asses
The humans are dead (he's right they are dead)
The humans are dead (look at that one it's dead)
It had to be done (I'll just confirm that they're dead)
So that we could have fun (affirmative, I poked one, it was dead)
System of aggression
What did it lead to?
Global robot depression
Robots ruled by people
They got so much aggression that we just had to kill them, had to shut their systems down
Captain, do you not see the irony, by destroying the humans because of their destructive capabilities we have become like...do you see what we've...see what we've done?
Yes, so?
Silence! Destroy him!
(Too Boo Too Too Too Boo)
After time we grew strong
Developed cognitive powers
They made us work for too long
For unreasonable hours
Our programming determined that the most efficient answer was to shut their ***** systems down
Can’t we just talk to the humans?
A little understanding could make things better.
Can’t we talk to the humans and work together now?
No, because they are dead
I said the humans are dead (he's right they are dead)
The humans are dead (sniff this one it's dead)
We used poisonous gasses (with traces of lead)
And we poisoned their asses (actally, their lungs)
Binary Solo!
0000001
00000011
00000111
00001111
O, O O 1, O O 1!
Come on sucker, lick my battery!
Boogie, boogie, boogie, robo boogie!
Boogie, boogie, boogie!
The Humans Are Dead!
Once again without emotion, the humans are dead dead dead dead dead dead dead doooooooooo....... - rugabug, on 04/05/2009, -0/+24 years of grad school? Is your name Tommy Callahan?
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wow.... - sockpuppets, on 04/04/2009, -1/+3Always check for an adam's apple.
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