"Gill Pratt, program director for robotics research at the United States Defence Department's Defence Advanced...
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"Gill Pratt, program director for robotics research at the United States Defence Department's Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) makes a good argument that we're about to have a Cambrian moment in robotics and artificial intelligence, as devices become able to do anything people can do, including thinking."
"Even five years ago, algorithms for computer vision could barely recognise simple objects, such as a ball or a square block, especially in realistic environments. Now, such algorithms can easily distinguish different breeds of dogs, and can recognise human faces as well as or better than real people can. [...] Last month Google announced that it could translate text from more than 20 foreign languages just from photos – say, from a menu or handwritten note. Earlier this year, Google's deep learning group demonstrated that an algorithm could learn to play all of the Atari video games of the '80s with the same skill as human experts – simply by watching and learning."
Eh, well, it's not all the games. If I recall correctly, they were able to get about 40 games but there were still 6 games the AI still couldn't learn. Not that it matters with respect to the point they are trying to make here.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/robot-age-is-arriving-sooner-than-we-thought-20150814-giyz15.html
"Gill Pratt, program director for robotics research at the United States Defence Department's Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) makes a good argument that we're about to have a Cambrian moment in robotics and artificial intelligence, as devices become able to do anything people can do, including thinking."
"Even five years ago, algorithms for computer vision could barely recognise simple objects, such as a ball or a square block, especially in realistic environments. Now, such algorithms can easily distinguish different breeds of dogs, and can recognise human faces as well as or better than real people can. [...] Last month Google announced that it could translate text from more than 20 foreign languages just from photos – say, from a menu or handwritten note. Earlier this year, Google's deep learning group demonstrated that an algorithm could learn to play all of the Atari video games of the '80s with the same skill as human experts – simply by watching and learning."
Eh, well, it's not all the games. If I recall correctly, they were able to get about 40 games but there were still 6 games the AI still couldn't learn. Not that it matters with respect to the point they are trying to make here.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/robot-age-is-arriving-sooner-than-we-thought-20150814-giyz15.html
When applied to the military it seems we are facing the ever growing threat of the self inflicted SkyNet moment.
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