Post on 18-Mar-2018
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DonottouchtheRobo-Buddhawhileitisunwinding
DonottouchtheRobo-Buddhawhileitisunwinding
Y’know,inthefuture
carswilldrivethemselves
Surething,tinman,andwhatwillthey
runon?
Thejuiceofdead
dinosaurs?
We'velostcomputerswithallofthe13thcenturyinthem.Notmuchinthecentury,justDanteandafewcorrupt
Popes,butit'ssodistracting.
D’youhave“FiftyShadesofDorianGrey”?
Wehave“NShadesofGrey”forallintegervaluesofNin[0
…9999]
Fortunately,wedon’tknowhowtofindany
ofthem.
Whyyessir,“TheMakingofaFly”is(ahem)instock…
I’llorderitforyounowatthelow,lowpriceof$23.6M
BLURRGGG!?!?
Ihavebetterratings
ButIhavebetterprices
Thisisthetruestoryoftworivalonlinebooksellers:
ProfnathandBordeebooks
Thefirst,Bordeebooks,hadabiggerbrandandhigheronlineuserratings.Thesecond,Profnath,wasthusforcedtocompetevialowerprices.EachusedsimpleAItodecidetheironlineprices.
…butat127%thecostof
buyingitfromProfnath
Iactuallyhavethebookinstock,andataprice
thatis 99.8%ofthepricelistedbyBordeebooks
IlistTheMakingOfaFlyeventhoughitisnotinstock…
$367.71
$290.12
$228.90
$180.61
$142.49$112.43
WetPaint
$70$88.7
$88.9
$112.65
$142.78
$180.97
$229.37
$290.70
$368.45
$467.00
$23,656475
WatchingJohnwiththemachine,itwassuddenlysoclear.The
terminator,wouldneverstop.Itwouldneverleavehim,anditwouldneverhurthim,never
shoutathim,getdrunkandhithim,orsayitwastoobusytospendtimewithhim.Itwouldalwaysbethere.Anditwoulddie,toprotecthim.Ofallthe
would-befatherswhocameandwentovertheyears,thisthing,thismachine,wastheonlyonewhomeasuredup.Inaninsaneworld,itwasthesanestchoice.
JohnHammond:Allmajorthemeparkshavedelays.WhentheyopenedDisneylandin1956,nothingworked!
IanMalcolm: Yeah,but,John,ifThePiratesofthe
Caribbeanbreaksdown,thepiratesdon'teatthetourists.
"The couple seemed to have lost their will to live a normal life, because they
didn't have jobs and gave birth to a premature baby," said Chung Jin-won.
"They indulged themselves in the on-
line game of raising a virtual character so as to escape from reality, which led
to the death of their real baby."
Colossus’sdecisionsaresuperiortoanywecanmake.Itcanabsorbandprocess
moreknowledgethanisremotelypossibleforthegreatestgeniusthateverlived.
Andevenmoreimportantthanthatithasnoemotions.Knowsnofear,nohate,noenvy.Itcannotactinasuddenfitof
temper.Cannotactatallsolongasthereisnothreat.
HAL: I'msorryyoufeelthewayyoudo,Dave.Ifyou'dliketocheckmyservicerecord,you'llseeit'scompletelywithouterror.
Dave: Iknowallaboutyourservicerecord,
Hal,butunfortunatelyitdoesn'tprovethatyou'rerightnow.
HAL: Dave,Idon'tknowhowelsetoputthis,
butitjusthappenstobeanunalterablefactthatIamincapableofbeingwrong.
Scientist#1: Nowwe'reseeingmoreWesternWorldbreakdowns.Andthere'saclearpatternherewhichsuggestsananalogy...toaninfectiousdiseaseprocessspreadingfromoneresortareatothenext.
Scientist#1: Wearen'tdealingwithordinary
machineshere.Thesearehighlycomplicatedpiecesofequipment...almostascomplicatedaslivingorganisms.Insomecases,they'vebeendesignedbyothercomputers.Wedon'tknowexactlyhowtheywork.