AI - where will google take us?

jodes · 10-11-2005, 09:20 PM

I've been amazed with google's success, and I'm all for it. I've had many thoughts about where google will take us, since they invest no doubt quite heavily in cutting edge development.

Where is AI at the moment? Commercially? Behind the scenes? It's something I'm very interested in - found a half decent book, "the age of spiritual machines" by R Kurzweil, and it made me wonder, be it NASA, governments or google, who/what's going to drive the development of AI?

Kenmcfa · 10-13-2005, 09:09 AM

Well it certainly won't be the Tories.

escante · 12-14-2005, 05:00 AM

But remember msn was popular anything could happen in the future and i see a good future for msn.

andrew247 · 12-14-2005, 07:22 AM

Google Adsense is sort of Artificial Intelligence...when it works

zima · 12-14-2005, 11:17 AM

AI was/is basically just a fancy name for something we don't know how to make, yet, effectivelly. Once it becomes common, nobody calls it that way anymore - there's really no reason (examples: speech/face recognition, expert systems and so on...)

mondine · 12-15-2005, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by zima

AI was/is basically just a fancy name for something we don't know how to make, yet, effectivelly. Once it becomes common, nobody calls it that way anymore - there's really no reason (examples: speech/face recognition, expert systems and so on...)

Well, not exactly. The phrase "artificial intelligence" has a fairly specific and literal meaning.
It's a simulation of the ability to reason. The ability to work on a question, from imperfect information, compare the scenerio to those similar in its knowledge base, and make a 'guess' or 'decision' as to the appropriate response.

While simple demonstrations of limited forms of this ability have been around for a while, there does not yet exist a complex and complete enough product to warrant the name. But it is simply a matter of degree, not definition.

zima · 12-15-2005, 06:09 AM

Expert systems... (sure, primitive a bit in comparison to whay you imagine...but it's not that much different from "normal" computing when it comes to methods...)

Vimialp · 12-15-2005, 04:12 PM

To have AI you need to be able to teach the robot/computer. So far all people are to do is telling it what to do, some sciencist believe that what they are doing is teaching it, but the original coding behide it is told.

The brain is a wonderfull thing, it would be like 'shooting birds in the dark, in a country that had few birds' to make a replica that would work as well as a 'real' brain.

zima · 12-16-2005, 02:25 AM

There lies not very usefull "fallacy" IMHO - who said AI must be abything like existing brains?

Vimialp · 12-16-2005, 11:56 AM

name something without a brain that is intelligent

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jodes Noogle Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 21 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	AI - where will google take us? I've been amazed with google's success, and I'm all for it. I've had many thoughts about where google will take us, since they invest no doubt quite heavily in cutting edge development. Where is AI at the moment? Commercially? Behind the scenes? It's something I'm very interested in - found a half decent book, "the age of spiritual machines" by R Kurzweil, and it made me wonder, be it NASA, governments or google, who/what's going to drive the development of AI?

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10-13-2005, 09:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
Kenmcfa Google Freak Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: A wretched hive of scum and villany (Bathgate, Scotland) Posts: 429 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Well it certainly won't be the Tories.

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escante Googler Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 53 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	But remember msn was popular anything could happen in the future and i see a good future for msn.

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andrew247 Google Guru Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: c:\GoogleCommunity Posts: 3,386 Thanks: 3 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts	Google Adsense is sort of Artificial Intelligence...when it works

12-14-2005, 11:17 AM	#5 (permalink)
zima Google Freak Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 420 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	AI was/is basically just a fancy name for something we don't know how to make, yet, effectivelly. Once it becomes common, nobody calls it that way anymore - there's really no reason (examples: speech/face recognition, expert systems and so on...)

12-15-2005, 06:09 AM	#7 (permalink)
zima Google Freak Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 420 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Expert systems... (sure, primitive a bit in comparison to whay you imagine...but it's not that much different from "normal" computing when it comes to methods...)

12-15-2005, 04:12 PM	#8 (permalink)
Vimialp Master Googler Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 512 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	To have AI you need to be able to teach the robot/computer. So far all people are to do is telling it what to do, some sciencist believe that what they are doing is teaching it, but the original coding behide it is told. The brain is a wonderfull thing, it would be like 'shooting birds in the dark, in a country that had few birds' to make a replica that would work as well as a 'real' brain.

12-16-2005, 02:25 AM	#9 (permalink)
zima Google Freak Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 420 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	There lies not very usefull "fallacy" IMHO - who said AI must be abything like existing brains?

12-16-2005, 11:56 AM	#10 (permalink)
Vimialp Master Googler Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 512 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	name something without a brain that is intelligent

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