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Stanford’s model helicopters teach themselves to fly

biz — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:40:37 +0000

Now this sounds to me like >narrow< ai, of a sort, but it is certainly generalizing, learning type behaviour. The helicopter monitors the activity of an expert helicopter pilot, and then, compensating for environmental differences (wind etc), performs the same maneuvers itself. Stanford computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to [...]

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Ray Kurzweil: How technology’s accelerating power will transform us

biz — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:04:46 +0000

Prolific inventor and outrageous visionary Ray Kurzweil explains in abundant, grounded detail why — by the 2020s — we will have reverse-engineered the human brain, and nanobots will be operating your consciousness. Kurzweil draws on years of research to show the speed at which technology is evolving, and projects forward into an almost unthinkable future [...]

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Brainstem surgery on a three year old

biz — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:49:22 +0000

This little girl is three years old, and receiving a brainstem implant. This is not a cochlear implant – according to the article, the auditory nerve was not functioning at all, so why bother with it – just plug straight into the brain. It was an operation that not only gave the three-year-old her place in [...]

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Genetically modified marjiuana

biz — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 23:18:00 +0000

Welcome to the future. A random google search turned up this discussion. Is this news? Apparently, at least one person has been performing experiments, to genetically modifying marijuana. I have started a new identity here on OG to give you guys a heads up to the research I am doing. I am no newby to Overgrow or growing [...]

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