The
Rise of the Machines:
The Controversy of Artificial Intelligence Humans,
by Laura Bang!
Robby, Gort, Rosie, T-800, C-3PO - what do these names
have in common? They are some of science fiction's
most memorable androids - artificial intelligence
robots resembling humans - from Hollywood's imaginings
of humans' experiments with creating artificial intelligence....Scientists
who work in the field of AI are primarily working
to make intelligent machines, not androids or other
machines that attempt to fully imitate human intelligence
and behavior. They are first seeking to create intelligent
computer programs that can interact with their users.
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The
Evolution of Technologically Inspired Evolutionary
Thoughts, by Debbie Plotnick
It is my intention in the final chapter of my biology
and technology trilogy to examine the concepts referred
to as Genetics, Nanotechnology and Robots (GNR) in
an evolutionary context, albeit to do so in a less
formal and more personal manner than the preceding
papers. What follows is a bit of the how and why I
have wanted to know about these technologies and much
of what led me to conclude that the ramifications
of GNR will have consequences far beyond human intentions...Read
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Computers,
Chaos, Robots, and Artificial Intelligence Institute
2000
Cognition
and Consciousness: An Ongoing Inquiry
If you build a robot smart enough to
do the dishes, will it also be smart enough to find
them boring?
