artificial intelligence

Anyone remember Rosie from the Jetson's?  Back when we were children it was so easy to think that the future would reward us with flying cars, personal robots, and don't forget the hoverboards we saw in Back to the Future!  Technology is progressing, but I guess it never really occurred to me that a luxury like Rosie would maybe just be altogether impossible to have.

I found this video two weeks ago or so, it's a little bit long but I think it's worth watching.  Makes you wonder if we could ever truly create artificial intelligence.  Not just robots or human-like contraptions, I mean actual intelligence, beings that can learn and think for their own... develop personalities, feel fear, and fall in love.  But let's suppose that we can create intelligence, then we would have, as humans, created another sort of species to share our planet Earth with.  Could we live together in harmony?  Have equal rights?

Artificial intelligence is so fascinating to think about...

bandwagons omg

You know as much as this picture is mocking bandwagon jumping on the Internet... I mean people can watch a 30 second video and suddenly think they're an activist, sure.  It's still pretty awesome how quickly issues can be raised and popularized on the Internet.  Sure it's bandwagon jumping in a lot of cases, but honestly I think it's a significantly better way to raise awareness than the people you see on the side of the streets that just want a minute of your time in the middle of winter when you're just trying to walk past them and get to class on time.