U.S. Plan For "Thinking Machines" Repository 148
An anonymous reader writes "Information scientists organized by the US's NIST say they will create a "concept bank" that programmers can use to build thinking machines that reason about complex problems at the frontiers of knowledge — from advanced manufacturing to biomedicine. The agreement by ontologists — experts in word meanings and in using appropriate words to build actionable machine commands — outlines the critical functions of the Open Ontology Repository (OOR). More on the summit that produced the agreement here."
Ok, humanity is screwed (Score:3, Informative)
Not about thinking machines (Score:4, Informative)
It's merely intended as a convenient resource for programmers.
Re:Ok, humanity is screwed (Score:4, Informative)
Thinking doesn't mean cognition either.
Re:Every few years the same thing. (Score:5, Informative)
Unless you want to say that there is some mystical element to brains, there is nothing precluding the eventual design and building of 'sentient' computers, surely? Beyond our own fear of what would happen if we did such a thing, as evidenced by plenty of 20th century fiction. Building sentient computers could even be regarded as a type of evolution, as they would then be able to improve upon themselves at an exponential rate..
Re:Every few years the same thing. (Score:5, Informative)
You forgot to mention something... (Score:2, Informative)