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Einstein's Alcove
Not far off Skynet?
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<blockquote data-quote="spiney" data-source="post: 180927" data-attributes="member: 192438"><p>Well, as Fermi famously said, "where is everybody"?</p><p></p><p>If aliens more intelligent than us exist somewhere, then either they should already be here (some people think they are!), or else if interstellar travel is impossible for biological beings, then at least some "clanking replicators" they've made should have got here. But we've seen neither!</p><p></p><p>This concept is also related to artificial intelligence, another area that's made almost zero progress. Despite amazing software, nowadays, there's still no machine that can pass the Turing Test. This is important, because replicators would need to "understand" their environment in much the same way humans do, in order to survive. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox</a> .</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test</a> .</p><p></p><p>As for the argument "it's too dangerous to attempt", that might well be true, but when has it ever stopped anyone?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spiney, post: 180927, member: 192438"] Well, as Fermi famously said, "where is everybody"? If aliens more intelligent than us exist somewhere, then either they should already be here (some people think they are!), or else if interstellar travel is impossible for biological beings, then at least some "clanking replicators" they've made should have got here. But we've seen neither! This concept is also related to artificial intelligence, another area that's made almost zero progress. Despite amazing software, nowadays, there's still no machine that can pass the Turing Test. This is important, because replicators would need to "understand" their environment in much the same way humans do, in order to survive. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox[/URL] . [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test[/URL] . As for the argument "it's too dangerous to attempt", that might well be true, but when has it ever stopped anyone? [/QUOTE]
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