Agnes by Tony Cochran for October 16, 2014

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    Aaberon  over 10 years ago

    Iā€™ve found that people with artificial intelligence become very loud when they talk, ā€˜cuz they really donā€™t have anything to say but still want it to sound importantā€¦

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 10 years ago

    Two different things. Artificial intelligence is what robots are programmed to have.

    Fake intelligence is when I ā€¦ erā€¦ I mean somebody Googles something in order to be able to post about it in the forum, and everybody thinks I already knowā€¦I mean, thinks he or she already knows the information.

    Or so Iā€™ve heard.

    PSā€¦. David HGā€¦. so you think youā€™re normal?

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    rshive  over 10 years ago

    Fake Intelligence is already spoken for.

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    dogday Premium Member over 10 years ago

    And to the ā€™toon: No, Trout; this is Agnes, and she MEANS fake! ;-)

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 10 years ago

    Redā€¦. yup. :)

    NightGauntā€¦.there are many levels between ā€œnormalā€ and notā€¦

    and many different kinds and definitions of normality.

    Of course, most people want, say, the ā€œnormalā€ number of feet and eyes, a ā€œnormalā€ blood pressure reading, etcā€¦. and usually would rather have a so-called normal mental profileā€¦attainable or not.

    Some people want a ā€œnormalā€ job, house, career path, etcā€¦some donā€™t care.

    Some consider ā€œnormalā€ to include only those with all of the above, plus the same taste in clothing, music, movies, food, hobbiesā€¦ even friends and lifestylesā€¦

    I donā€™t really have a problem with that, unless they make it apparent that they consider everybody else ā€œabnormalā€and have a negative opinion of abnormality.

    In which case, Iā€™m proud to be, as you put it, an outlier.

    And when that sort of judgement extends to intellectual pursuits, political opinions, and choice of love partnersā€¦ and their genderā€¦. or physical perfection, skin color, religion, etcā€¦

    then I have a very negative opinion of their definition of normalā€¦.and I try to make that clear.

    Please try to remember, too, that these forums are about making jokesā€¦ using mental shorthand, twisting words to be funnyā€¦. as long as the person addressed knows what is meant..

    Youā€™re a smart fellow and your opinions can be enjoyable.But youā€™re very literal in your interpretationsā€¦and not always cognizant of the off-kilter way something was meant.So I wish you;d please stop ā€œcorrectingā€ others, and remind yourself that they might just be making a wry remark.Thanks!

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    pschearer Premium Member over 10 years ago

    After decades in the computer biz, my conclusion is that AI will never achieve their overhyped goal of true machine intelligence until they can first achieve true machine life. That goal is achievable with time based on how my Roomba seeks out its charging station when its power is low and on how industrial robots are used to assemble industrial robots. Until then, the closest weā€™ll come to ā€œartificialā€ intelligence is well-simulated intelligence.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 10 years ago

    Thanks, Night-G.

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