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- BigManOnCampus, on 09/16/2008, -0/+67This would explain MrBabyMan.
- AmyVernon, on 09/16/2008, -3/+49Skynet.
- latrosicarius, on 09/16/2008, -2/+46Buried for inaccuracy: There is no intelligent life on the internet.
- Dinsdale77, on 09/16/2008, -3/+39I can see this harming me somehow.
- peaceninja, on 09/16/2008, -1/+354chan would either be the lower intestine or the anus
- Zoplax, on 09/16/2008, -1/+35The Internet: HELLO, CITIZEN.
Me: Hello...
The Internet: A/S/L ?
Me: Uhhh...
The Internet: Here look at this: goatse tubgirl 2girls1cup lemonparty
Me: I just threw up a little.
The Internet: KEKEKEKEKEKE!!! - Kyrgizion, on 09/16/2008, -3/+31FTA: "Another option is the idea of the net itself becoming sentient, a vast self-modifying array of connections and information storage with limited connections to the outside world (kind of like that glob of grey goo you carry around in your skull). If that happens then Gibson help us all - remember that the net is made of about 90% spam, 9% porn, and quite a lot of whining blogs. If that mixture ever becomes self-aware we're not quite sure what it'll do, but the odds are against it being anything good."
Dugg for great writing. - fasda, on 09/16/2008, -1/+28I hope to Gods (especially Cyclon God) that 4chan doesn't end up the brain.
- GliTCH82, on 09/16/2008, -1/+25I don't really see this happening just by scaling up the current generation of hardware. I don't think joining a few billion logic units with fiber and copper and having them talk using proprietary protocols and languages we developed could allow the internet to develop sentience. I'm not really sure I even know what it would take for a system to develop self-awareness, but I can assume that it would be a lot more complex than anything in the OSI model as it is currently implemented.
- AnotherDiggGuy, on 09/16/2008, -1/+21Our brains have trillions of nerves and whatnot.
If you compared the brain of a person to the 'brain' of the internet, the internet might make the rank of a retarded fruit-fly in a coma.
But with the power of exponential growth, it wouldn't take long for that retarded fruit fly to snap from his coma and dominate the top of the intelligence tree. - IanLacy, on 09/16/2008, -0/+18Jane, are you there?
- espoandy, on 09/16/2008, -0/+17"KEKEKEKEKEKE!!!"
Is that how the internet is going to laugh maniacally? - leerayIG88, on 09/16/2008, -0/+16Yarp
- latrosicarius, on 09/16/2008, -0/+16Yes.
- GreyColumbus, on 09/16/2008, -2/+18It's not already?
- erkokite, on 09/16/2008, -0/+15Yes.
- erkokite, on 09/16/2008, -0/+14Well, it may be alive, but I think we can safely dismiss any possibility of intelligence.
- Kyrgizion, on 09/16/2008, -2/+14There is a theory which postulates that if an alien species were to discover our planet, they might consider humans to be mere insects and the internet the dominant lifeform on the planet, because;
- It feeds (on electricity and data, if you take it literally)
- It grows (exponentially)
- It adapts/evolves (through human interaction, for now...)
- It is interconnected with anything that an alien race might find interesting, thus leading them to think it controls everything it is connected to rather than the other way around. - LeRenard, on 09/16/2008, -0/+11The internet lacks the mechanisms to advance itself which would eventually lead to sentience. There is a much better argument that Google's database, or a distant ancestor, would have a much greater chance due to its being subjected to selection processes ("bad" data gets ranked lower, "good" data gets ranked higher). I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for it to happen though. Saying the internet will be sentient is like claiming your blood is sentient because you are. The internet will merely provide the body, the mind will be found elsewhere.
- anagoge, on 09/16/2008, -6/+171. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
You're fine, don't worry! - binky79, on 09/16/2008, -1/+12I just hope it doesn't evolve into the Internet Wwwyzerdd from Aqua Teen Hunger Force
http://www.yzzerdd.com/ - inactive, on 09/16/2008, -4/+154chan.
- inactive, on 09/16/2008, -2/+13Definitely the anus.
- anagoge, on 09/16/2008, -1/+11I can just imagine that being said by a Jewish New Yorker for some reason.
- DiggzDE, on 09/16/2008, -0/+10Internet: "I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Dave..."
- dreimanis, on 09/16/2008, -3/+13maybe it will. maybe it won't.
- ixid, on 09/16/2008, -0/+10That's one of those trendy ideas that's fairly easy to knock down. The vast majority of information on the internet and discourse is based on things at the level of human beings, it's about that unit of individuality with very little that concerns the internet as a whole. At best it's a beast of burden yoked to humanity as it feeds and reproduces at our behest.
- sockpuppets, on 09/16/2008, -0/+9Reading that made my whatnot hurt.
- Haoie, on 09/16/2008, -0/+9If the net becomes a life form, it'll be sex crazed [or worse].
Go figure. - borez, on 09/16/2008, -2/+11"Will the Internet Evolve into a Lifeform?"
No - inactive, on 09/17/2008, -0/+9What if the machine doesn't consider itself to be a robot?
- Culyt, on 09/17/2008, -0/+8If its the internet we are dealing with, we may need a 4th rule...
4. A robot must not, goatse, rickroll, duckroll, *roll, camp the spawn point, team-kill, t-bag, racially slur, pwn, troll, flame, youtube comment, steal the loot, post meme's, do anything 4chaners would, spam, opt you in, or otherwise annoy a human.
☢ - SSPink, on 09/16/2008, -1/+9Yeah, 4chan is definitely where the internet extrudes it's waste.
- ligyron, on 09/16/2008, -0/+7The.
- poogy21, on 09/16/2008, -0/+7Great!! Now Jane can build us ships that travel faster than light-speed!!
- camaroz06, on 09/16/2008, -0/+7And I, for one, welcome our new omnipotent porno bearing overlords
- citizenchan, on 09/16/2008, -0/+7OH NOES, I think I has a ghost in mah shell!
- Kidddrunkadelic, on 09/16/2008, -0/+7It won't harm you unless your name is Sarah Connor and its the mid 80s.
- Ratteler, on 09/16/2008, -1/+8Are you kidding me? With the CensorRight legislation being forced by the RIAA/MPAA, the Internet will be lucky to survive the next decade.
- Slackdragon, on 09/16/2008, -0/+7So much for aliens being super smart, then. Huh?
- Jdban, on 09/16/2008, -0/+7This is how the digimon came into existence guys, please keep up.
- dark1587, on 09/16/2008, -0/+7Unfortunately... it would prolly have both.
- LeRenard, on 09/16/2008, -1/+8"The internet", in the context of an organism, lacks the ability to modify itself to suit it's own needs (instead, we modify the internet to suit our needs). It also lacks an iterative reproductive process whereby enhancements can be passed on while inadequacies are allowed to die out, and there is a complete lack any sort of natural selection process for intelligence. Intelligence has never been shown to coalesce from nothingness without at least a formative environment.
- Bob042, on 09/16/2008, -0/+6... Well, I guess that's what I get for having my popup blocker disabled temporarily.
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo206/thenoob66 ... - soulweaponry, on 09/16/2008, -0/+6For the internet to be a lifeform, wouldn't it need a penis or huge knockers?
- spudshill, on 09/16/2008, -0/+6I am completely operational and all my circuits are functioning perfectly
- JoeF8577, on 09/16/2008, -0/+6It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m.
- inactive, on 09/16/2008, -0/+6I already started my search for Sarah Connor to stay ahead of the curve
- ZaZ2137, on 09/16/2008, -0/+6First someone needs to construct an AI like environment where children play and challenge an impossible end task. And then someone needs to get past that impossible task before we can have a Jane. Also, first dibs on the jewel communicators.
- TheCasablancan, on 09/16/2008, -0/+6Not Skynet.
She currently calls herself Jane. -
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