Google’s Ray Kurzweil on the moment when computers will become conscious

[Kent Sharkey]

Gigaom[^]:

Google hired the noted inventor and futurist to build artificial intelligence that can think like a human. His vision is a computer with a structure modeled on the human brain, giving it a capacity for abstract thought.

August 29, 1997 (or maybe next Tuesday at 3:15 GMT)

[PIEBALDconsult]

"I speak of none other than the computer that is to come after me..."

You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.

[Duncan Edwards Jones]

The thing about the capacity abstract thought - the devil is in the concrete implementation ;P

[Yuriy Loginov]

SkyNet wouldn't attack us, would it?

[Lost User]

Building a CPU is not enough. It needs supporting systems like memory and power, it needs IO devices and it needs programming. Next, it'd need a survival-instinct and it would need to be mortal. Otherwise it would not think like a human, would it? What would a mortal machine with a survival-instinct think of "humans" and their actions? Does that answer your question? :)

Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]