Why I stopped working on the Bongard Problems

Post by rsanchez1 » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 7:28 AM UTC

aneth3 wrote: post #59

busted wrote: post #13

If I read it right, he has stopped working on a form of artificial intelligence because it could potentially (or inevitably) be used to create androids indistinguishable from humans that are carrying nuclear or biological payloads inside of them, presumably to be detonated in a densely populated area. Taking as a given, like he does, that the advancement and spread of technology are inevitable, wouldn't it still be m…

> surely no shortage of people willing to die to do that I think there is a major shortage of people willing to be suicide bombers. There is a grand fallacy out there that the world is full of suicidal terrorists. It is not. Suicide bombers from Palestine were generally tricked or extorted. Those that were acting on their own volition generally could not detonate themselves, which is why bystanders had detonators. Th…

Post by fchollet » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 7:56 AM UTC

bithive123 wrote: post #43

This is either satire or early stage schizophrenia. When you see phrases like "Although we can’t predict the technology of the future on the basis of what we know at present" and "I do not want to give the impression I know how we can deal with the nuctroid threat" without a shred of irony you know something (beyond the simple logical errors) is awry. Sadly it's not unheard of for scientists and mathematicians to dab…

Post by its_so_on » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 8:10 AM UTC

Post by ColinWright » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 8:32 AM UTC

talaketu wrote: post #86

derleth wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> genocide Homicide, not genocide. Unless you think that all weapons over a certain destructive potential are necessarily used to eradicate certain ethnic groups as opposed to others.

You read "genocide" too narrowly, and write "homicide" too broadly. To annihilate a city and its people is genocide in my book.

    "the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or
    in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group"

    It is a very specific term, referring to violent crimes
    committed against groups with the intent to destroy
    the existence of the group.

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 8:57 AM UTC

clarky07 wrote: post #83

aneth3 wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> surely no shortage of people willing to die to do that I think there is a major shortage of people willing to be suicide bombers. There is a grand fallacy out there that the world is full of suicidal terrorists. It is not. Suicide bombers from Palestine were generally tricked or extorted. Those that were acting on their own volition generally could not detonate themselves, which is why bystanders had detonators. Th…

"There is strong evidence that most of the 9/11 hijackers did not know it was a suicide mission." Could you share a link to that? What part of "fly plane into building" didn't they understand?