That's the title of a recent Gizmodo article that caught my eye. I have to say there's not much else they could have put in that title, nor much they could have changed that would have made me read the article any quicker. The concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around the block a few times, and has been the subject of a few Hollywood blockbusters over the past decade. While the title immediately caught my attention, I must admit that I have little-to-no knowledge of the topic other than that its probably really hard to develop a self-thinking, learning computer. That said, the Gizmodo piece points to one such project that has over an 80% success rate with learning facts (e.g. Pikes Peak is a mountain in Colorado) - that's insane!
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I expected a link to the artificial intelligence in The Matrix, but the blockbuster link was funnier
ReplyDeleteHere I was, all ready with a "Whoa, whoa, whoa - blockbuster? We're going to call AI a blockbuster?" And then I did a Google and realized that AI made about 250 million dollars (2 X its budget) and "I, Robot" pulled in around 350 million (3 X its budget). The point? I'm an idiot.
ReplyDeleteAnd, yes, I know that first link is broken, but that's what I get for going from the kiddie pool to the deep end as regards embedding links. If you must know, it was a picture of a non-closed Blockbuster, thus juxtaposing perfectly with the very-much-closing Blockbuster in that third link there. Wah-wah.
ReplyDeleteYou can delete the comment and re-do it...but I think it was funnier this way.
ReplyDeleteHah - digging the "idiot" link. Welcome to the deep end!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I too was shocked by the profitability of both those movies - moreso AI since Mr. Smith always sells tickets.