Veracohr Posted September 1, 2002 Share Posted September 1, 2002 Scientists used a revolutionary computer program that automatically controlled connections between a set of transistors in order to "breed" an oscillator. The program took matters into it's own hands, stunning the scientists, and created a radio receiver instead. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992732 "And then you have these thoughts in the back of your mind like 'Why am I doing this? Or is this a figment of my imagination?'" http://www.veracohr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george costanza Posted September 1, 2002 Share Posted September 1, 2002 back to the top for this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wewus432 Posted September 1, 2002 Share Posted September 1, 2002 And so it begins........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny M Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 "In essence, the evolving circuit had cheated, relaying oscillations generated from elsewhere, rather than creating its own." Blade Runner II: Do All Cyborgs Want To Be In Cover Bands? -Danny Grace, Peace, V, and Hz, Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip McDonald Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 But it just picked a solution that happened by chance. It doesn't display "intelligence", but what it *does* display is the notion that evolution can occure by chance from angles *we can't predict or readily see*. Guitar Lessons in Augusta Georgia: www.chipmcdonald.com Eccentric blog: https://chipmcdonaldblog.blogspot.com/ / "big ass windbag" - Bruce Swedien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthguy Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 Well, it shows that if we create the proper controlled arena, and let in [i]certain[/i] restricted random elements with intelligently pre-thought out rules for possibilities, some interesting things can happen. Experiments like this are undoubtedly laying the groundwork for the first simulations of thought. Yet another devotee to newscientist.com. I love that place. :D This keyboard solo has obviously been tampered with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotown Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 Raymond Kurzweil, (yes the keyboard guy) has been talking about this for years. His book, "The age of spiritual machines" goes in great detail about nano-computing and self replicating chips. I have no doubt that it's coming. Jotown:) "It's all good: Except when it's Great" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh dri Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 there was this movie called Terminator right.... lets hope they advance AI real soon... the recording industry could use some and real quick ba dum dum and so on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip McDonald Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 [quote]Originally posted by Jotown: [b]Raymond Kurzweil, (yes the keyboard guy) has been talking about this for years. His book, "The age of spiritual machines" goes in great detail about nano-computing and self replicating chips. I have no doubt that it's coming.[/b][/quote]Yeah, it's going to happen, people in general have no idea. When it happens it will be the most important event in human history. Hopefully not the end of it. Guitar Lessons in Augusta Georgia: www.chipmcdonald.com Eccentric blog: https://chipmcdonaldblog.blogspot.com/ / "big ass windbag" - Bruce Swedien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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