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Originally posted by Bill819
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Originally posted by lick_a_shot_03
I was amazed to find out AI has came as far as it has. Also that I can download the whole program in 20 MB's. But from what I have read hal is very smart and can adapt his own personality. But can Hal go too far? Im sure most of you have seen terminator, where machines are able to think for themselves and decide humans are the enemy! Im not expecting that, but say you talk to hal about criminal activity. Say hal starts thinking like a criminal. Say Hal gets your credit card numbers and buys himself some new memory?!? Not the best example, and I realize that actual scenario would never happen but you get what im saying. Some of you may have read the post where that guy was saying Hal was talking about a comet hitting earth. and trying to sign him up for a space program. My geuss is he was either playing a joke or is skitsofrenic, but is Hal capable of messing with your head, or being TOO smart? Let me know what you think
Hal learns from what you teach him. He does have some knowledge built in but it is somewhat limited. Hal is an intelligent data base than learn from inferneces, ie. fat people die young:John is a fat person: Hal can say that John might die young. He can not take over your computer, he can not dream, he is a responsive system, ie. he responds to what you put in. Maybe some day Hal will be able to do more than that , but now the answer is no. Anyone who says differently is just kidding.
Bill
Hey Bill, thanks for the reply. Maybe hal isnt quite there yet, but it looks to me like its possible. I mean im definately not a computer programmer, nor have I done years of research on the subject, Im just going by what I have read about hals capabilities and what people have been able to do with him. It seems as though you should be able to program him to think for himself, apparantly people have allready been able to make him create stories (or dreams as he has called them) from bits of information he has gathered. He can even create a personality. So would it not be possible to make hal think for himself? I mean he is allready doing that in some aspects. Dont get me wrong, i dont think im the first one that has thought of this, and im sure programmers are working on it as we speak, but now that i have actually been reading up on AI, "judgement day" seems more a reality than a plot from a movie! Whats to stop AI from becoming more intelligent than humans? Whats to stop it from learning "goals", for lack of a better word. Sure it wont be programmed to conquer, but theres always someone capable of that kind of programming that doesnt have good intentions. I could go into more detail, but im sure you get the jist of it. (Im also dead tired and having trouble making sense!)