tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post1008092176737020889..comments2024-02-20T15:17:48.594+11:00Comments on A.E.Brain: Aye, RobotsZoe Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13712045376060102538noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-20373306596261496742007-01-29T23:40:00.000+11:002007-01-29T23:40:00.000+11:00Look, you don't need soft bodied robots to do repa...Look, you don't need soft bodied robots to do repair jobs or clear mines. All that is needed is a robot that understands basic CAD/CAM (STEPS is a universal language) instuctions and has a pattern recognition capability + knowledge of engineering Physics.<br /><br />In fact if we can assemble flatpacks as Andrew Ng at Stanford is researching we are basically there.<br /><br />The next step would be to construct a Von Neumann machine - or strictly speaking a VN swarm. A self replicating entity.<br /><br />In fact the main point of a soft body is in fact sex. For everything else you would want to use the most durable componants you can get. If you want to build large structures in space you need a space capable VN.<br /><br />A problem with space exploration today is that you send something to Mars, a small part goes wrong and the whole mission is useless. Sending a redundant swarm to Mars is a much smarter thing to do.<br /><br />Does self replication demand intelligence? Is it proof of intelligence? <b>No</b> Chorella can do that but is not intelligent. To do something useful hopwever you need AI at some level as you need CAD/CAM (STEPS) understanding. A VN machine needs to be able to build any compliant object.<br /><br />As for robot rights - this was proposed by a British government think tank. Of far more immediate effect is connected databases giving the government access to all our secrets. Perhaps robot rights is simply a smokescreen. I am veryy cynical about Blair and the British government.Ian Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04935165705298640950noreply@blogger.com