The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence has put together a very cool website in conjunction with the relase of I, Robot.
Check it out…
Don’t miss these interesting reflections on the Three Laws of Robotics, including one by our good friend Michael Anissimov, whose name — coincidentally, I’m sure — kind of sounds like “Isaac Asimov.”
UPDATE:
Saw the movie over the weekend; found it somewhat disappointing. In line with Mr. Farlops’ concerns (see comments) I think the really intriguing ideas get drowned out by formulaic action movie/cop movie tropes. Too bad.
Kurzweil provides a link to this article on the Three Laws. Money quote:
“Asimov’s laws are about as relevant to robotics as leeches are to modern medicine,” says Steve Grand, who founded the UK company Cyberlife Research and is working on developing artificial intelligence through learning. “They stem from an innocent bygone age, when people seriously thought that intelligence was something that could be ‘programmed in’ as a series of logical propositions.”
Our friend ChefQuix says pretty much the same thing in the comments, below.
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