Roboticists at the Ransselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York have built a trio of robots that were put through the classic 'wise men puzzle' test of self-awareness - and one of them passed.In the puzzle, a fictional king is choosing a new advisor and gathers the three wisest people in the land. He promises the contest will be fair, then puts either a blue or white hat on each of their heads and tells them all that the first person to stand up and correctly deduce the colour of their own hat will become his new advisor.Selmer Bringsjord set up a similar situation for the three robots - two were prevented from talking, then all three were asked which one was still able to speak. All attempt to say "I don't know", but only one succeeds - and when it hears its own voice, it understands that it was not silenced, saying "Sorry, I know now!"However, as we can assume that all three robots were coded the same, technically, all three have passed this self-awareness test.Human-like abilitiesIt might sound a pretty simple task for a human, but it's not for a robot - the bot must listen to and understand the question, then hear their own voice saying "I don't know" and recognise it as distinct from another robot's voice, then connect that with the original question to conclude that they hadn't been silenced.Logical puzzles requiring an element of self-awareness like this are essential in building robots that can understand their role in society. By passing many tests of this type, it's hoped that robots will be able to build up a group of human-like abilities that become useful when combined.Bringsjord's work will be presented at the RO-MAN conference in Japan, which runs from 31 August to 4 September 2015. Oh, you want the correct answer for the wise men puzzle? Well, the only fair contest would be if they were all the same colour!
I don't see how this is supposed to test self-awareness...
You could write a java program to do this in like 5 minutes. This is just another example of programs designed to replicate what a self-aware response would be.
Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on July 16, 2015, 04:35:45 PMYou could write a java program to do this in like 5 minutes. This is just another example of programs designed to replicate what a self-aware response would be.I think the point is that the robots (or at least one of them) were capable of discerning whether a particular input was self-created.
All in all this basically just means he made a program that is written to appear like it's aware, when in reality it's just responding to a really small set of inputs.
The article is pretty sparse, in fairness; it'd be nice to have some more details.
i'm not sure what makes you think that, considering we can't even be cautious about our own sexual reproduction
Quote from: Verbatim on July 16, 2015, 08:01:53 PMi'm not sure what makes you think that, considering we can't even be cautious about our own sexual reproductionFair point.Then the question arises, is advancing our A.I. technology beneficial?Or will it create a threat down the line?
the biggest problem is that we simply don't know. An artificially created intelligence could decide to do any number of things, it could help us, or conversely it could go Verbatim on us and come to a conclusion that life is a bad thing and should be eliminated, an then hack the whole planet and nuke us.
Quote from: Majestic Star Dragon on July 16, 2015, 08:29:27 PMthe biggest problem is that we simply don't know. An artificially created intelligence could decide to do any number of things, it could help us, or conversely it could go Verbatim on us and come to a conclusion that life is a bad thing and should be eliminated, an then hack the whole planet and nuke us.Okokthis is just a thought herebut what ifwhat ifwe just turned off the computer?
Quote from: LC on July 16, 2015, 10:13:21 PMQuote from: Majestic Star Dragon on July 16, 2015, 08:29:27 PMthe biggest problem is that we simply don't know. An artificially created intelligence could decide to do any number of things, it could help us, or conversely it could go Verbatim on us and come to a conclusion that life is a bad thing and should be eliminated, an then hack the whole planet and nuke us.Okokthis is just a thought herebut what ifwhat ifwe just turned off the computer?Well an AI at this point would probably require a supercomputer to run, depending on how it develops itself and the way said supercomputer is set up, it may be able to deny access to it's interface, at which point you'd have to manually cut power to it.The AI might have the possible capability to upload itself onto somewhere on the net or another active computer or something.It may be able to do those things, it may not.The whole point is we don't know how sophisticated a program or machine with true intelligence and the ability to learn and manipulate itself could become or how it may behave, and there lies the issue
Quote from: Majestic Star Dragon on July 16, 2015, 10:23:49 PMQuote from: LC on July 16, 2015, 10:13:21 PMQuote from: Majestic Star Dragon on July 16, 2015, 08:29:27 PMthe biggest problem is that we simply don't know. An artificially created intelligence could decide to do any number of things, it could help us, or conversely it could go Verbatim on us and come to a conclusion that life is a bad thing and should be eliminated, an then hack the whole planet and nuke us.Okokthis is just a thought herebut what ifwhat ifwe just turned off the computer?Well an AI at this point would probably require a supercomputer to run, depending on how it develops itself and the way said supercomputer is set up, it may be able to deny access to it's interface, at which point you'd have to manually cut power to it.The AI might have the possible capability to upload itself onto somewhere on the net or another active computer or something.It may be able to do those things, it may not.The whole point is we don't know how sophisticated a program or machine with true intelligence and the ability to learn and manipulate itself could become or how it may behave, and there lies the issueThen unplug the thing nigga. A computer like that wouldn't be connected to the rest of the world in all likelihood anyway,
Quote from: LC on July 16, 2015, 10:13:21 PMQuote from: Majestic Star Dragon on July 16, 2015, 08:29:27 PMthe biggest problem is that we simply don't know. An artificially created intelligence could decide to do any number of things, it could help us, or conversely it could go Verbatim on us and come to a conclusion that life is a bad thing and should be eliminated, an then hack the whole planet and nuke us.Okokthis is just a thought herebut what ifwhat ifwe just turned off the computer?This little story sprung to mind. SpoilerDwan Ev ceremoniously soldered the final connection with gold. The eyes of a dozen television cameras watched him and the subether bore throughout the universe a dozen pictures of what he was doing. He straightened and nodded to Dwar Reyn, then moved to a position beside the switch that would complete the contact when he threw it. The switch that would connect, all at once, all of the monster computing machines of all the populated planets in the universe -- ninety-six billion planets -- into the supercircuit that would connect them all into one supercalculator, one cybernetics machine that would combine all the knowledge of all the galaxies. Dwar Reyn spoke briefly to the watching and listening trillions. Then after a moment's silence he said, "Now, Dwar Ev." Dwar Ev threw the switch. There was a mighty hum, the surge of power from ninety-six billion planets. Lights flashed and quieted along the miles-long panel. Dwar Ev stepped back and drew a deep breath. "The honor of asking the first question is yours, Dwar Reyn." "Thank you," said Dwar Reyn. "It shall be a question which no single cybernetics machine has been able to answer." He turned to face the machine. "Is there a God?" The mighty voice answered without hesitation, without the clicking of a single relay. "Yes, now there is a God." Sudden fear flashed on the face of Dwar Ev. He leaped to grab the switch. A bolt of lightning from the cloudless sky struck him down and fused the switch shut.
lol you don't have a smartwatch