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Re: Google to Buy Artificial Intelligence Startup DeepMind for $400M

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Post by arethuza »

eli_gottlieb wrote: post #129
arethuza wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I skimmed it and didn't think it was that bad - it's kind of interesting to see a thesis that allows reasonably informed speculation. I don't know enough about ML to say whether the core results are actually of any value. The title is a bit much but it does say "The title of this thesis is deliberately provocative".

I didn't say "speculative" as a bad thing. I meant it more with overtones of "brave" or "ballsy" or, let's just sum up, "heroic".

Ah yes - I did wonder if I had misinterpreted your comment after I posted mine... :-)

Re: Google to Buy Artificial Intelligence Startup DeepMind for $400M

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Post by prottmann »

cLeEOGPw wrote: post #127

The question is, what is Google going to do with all these robotics and AI companies? And please no singularity/skynet/robot uprising BS, I'm expecting more from HN than youtube level comments.

Obviously google try to build things for every aspect of our life. Intelligent machines in the our Homes, Cars, at Work. We will not see them in the near future, but 5 or 10 Years google will start a product offensive.

Re: Google to Buy Artificial Intelligence Startup DeepMind for $400M

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Post by z3phyr »

higherpurpose wrote: post #77
ChuckMcM wrote: post #49

Ohhh, did Google buy them? Or did the AI figure that the best place to launch world domination from was inside Google so it forged a letter from Larry and Sergey offering to acquire the company? :-)

Larry Page has been replaced by an android clone since the so called "throat operation". Don't you think it's a little weird that they've started buying all sorts of robot and AI companies lately to create the ultimate machine?

AI vs Aliens from Space vs Zombies!! The future is exciting!!!

Re: Google to Buy Artificial Intelligence Startup DeepMind for $400M

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Post by jotm »

z3phyr wrote: post #135

Programmers might be one of the unfortunate firsts that can be replaced by AI! No programming at all everything self programs itself!

Visual programming ala Yahoo Pipes, with the computer creating the code itself in the background. Would be pretty cool...

Re: Google to Buy Artificial Intelligence Startup DeepMind for $400M

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Post by z3phyr »

jotm wrote: post #136
z3phyr wrote: post #135

Programmers might be one of the unfortunate firsts that can be replaced by AI! No programming at all everything self programs itself!

Visual programming ala Yahoo Pipes, with the computer creating the code itself in the background. Would be pretty cool...

And then, programmers will be like john carmack, building spaceships and rockets, while the computer does its job.

Re: Google to Buy Artificial Intelligence Startup DeepMind for $400M

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Post by yohui »

sanxiyn wrote: post #85

Apparently Facebook also tried to acquire DeepMind. https://www.theinformation.com/Google-beat-Facebook-For-Deep...

Also interesting that Google agreed to DeepMind's proposal to create an AI ethics board. Wonder how Facebook responded to that stipulation during negotiations.

Re: Google to Buy Artificial Intelligence Startup DeepMind for $400M

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Post by marvin »

Nano2rad wrote: post #119
psbp wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't really understand the objective of those like Kurzweil. What do they see as the benefit of the singularity? Wouldn't a drastically more advanced intelligence just dwarf and dissolve any lesser intelligence that tried to meld with it? It would be complete ego death.

The concept that AI will be many times human intelligence is result of biases. The microprocessors went from 4 bit to 64 or more bits and speed went from MHz to GHz. It may not be possible extrapolate the progress of microprocessors in the case of intelligence.

You have no more basis for claiming this than AI reseachers have for claiming the opposite. More research is required, and it will be a well spent effort if the probability of a bad outcome in AI development is nonzero.

Re: Google to Buy Artificial Intelligence Startup DeepMind for $400M

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Post by enscr »

hoggle wrote: post #97
enscr wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Upvoted but disagree on behalf of Youtube, Android, Keyhole, etc. Some exist independently, others are absorbed.

To be fair, Youtube could have been so much more. For example they recently removed the video response feature while claiming the click-through rate was abysmal - it probably was because the focus of Youtube is more like "Newtube". TV now means on demand and broadcast via internet/web, simple and boring as that.

Youtube would have died by itself.

Or imagine what Yahoo would have done to it post acquisition.

I know Apple would have called at iTube & put a price tag of $0.99 on all decent ones :)

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