A new AI was born today, it’s now online, The Wolfram Alpha. I’d like to offer an especially warm greeting to our future overlord. To quote Stephen Wolfram: “Wolfram|Alpha defines a new direction in computing—that would have simply not have been possible without Mathematica, and that in time will add some remarkable new dimensions to [...]
A new AI
May 15th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Announcements
Self-Aware Blog
June 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments
I’m worried my blog is on the verge of achieving sentience. I’ve noticed that some of my time travel stories have achieved a life of their own. What would it mean for a blog to be self-aware? Would it take comments personally? Would it seize control of the entire Internet and retaliate for poor digg [...]
Tags: AI · Fiction · Time Travel