The WORLD IS ABOUT TO END

Well the world could end in so many ways an asteroid, climate change (global warming), destructive earthquakes, the sun exploding etc. but in the end its all up to the man upstairs GOD. Now the world ending by extraterrestrial life or artificial intelligence is something I really don't believe could happen and speaking about extraterrestrials I do believe that they exist somewhat I guess.

just checked it out pretty freaky it was asking if I was a robot. I was like what the f*** sorry for my bad language.

That's a standard chatbot trick. Given that these things often enter Turing test competitions it's an obvious thing for someone to program. But they are just a database of rules with no understanding never mind awareness. They often rely on gimmicks to explain their limitations too, such as one the other year that pretended to be a 13 years old boy from Russia as a way of explaining linguistic or cultural knowledge lapses.

(Philosophical point: I have no difficulty picturing a computer capable of genuinely intelligent behaviour having no self-awareness).

Funny when the media make a fuss because Hawking repeats some banal, unoriginal thought. But as far as I could tell from the media reports the motivation was that his voice system has been upgraded to include something similar to SwiftKey!

palmtree5 said:

This comes to mind

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Its just using an algorithm based on what you input and its prior inputs to give an output. Sure theres some learning component built into the algorithm, but I wouldn't classify that as "artificial".

Given enough time the line may blur, because the argument could be made that's all our human interactions are based on, but IMO without some sort of "being" or understanding behind it its nothing more than input -> output...lines of code.

These things are hard to describe and quantify. I'm no expert on this sort of thing. Just my views :dontknow:

Hawking is a ding dong

superDanielB said:

Lolz... I survived the last 2 apocalypses.. Bug 2000, End-of-the-world 2012 etc...

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You survived 06/06/06 and didn't even know it!

I eagerly await the zombie apocalypse

Nuts

Is it over yet?

I just want you all to know that I had far more fun when the world ended because some idiots couldn't read a Mayan calendar than this time.

This may well be one of the worst endings of the world ever.

Who do I see about that? How can I get my money back?

lunatic59 said:

If you read the fine print, they don't give refunds on apocalypses, only rain checks.

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Really, I thought Samsung offered a two year warranty?

Ah, yes, it does say Armageddon, I thought they were interchangeable.

EarlyMon said:

This may well be one of the worst endings of the world ever.

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It will be re-released in 12mths time as an "Extended Edition", alongside a limited-edition "Director's Cut" with deleted scenes, additional content and a detailed commentary by The Four Horsemen themselves.

Then EA/Bioware will purchase the rights and retcon the ending so badly that you won't care anymore.

As long as Disney aren't making it.

Will there be a hero? One with flaws (ok, an absolute idiot) that need to be pointed out incessantly by some skank who's so tough she can kick everyone's ass but his? You know, as rough as she's supposed to be sexy but with all of the physical charm of a can opener? Can I count on there being a jaunty sidekick? Without a jaunty sidekick who wears a grandpa hat and overly large sunglasses at the end, the idiot and the skank might not discover that they're made for each other after all.

And what about the tech? Can I count on it to not only exceed science fiction but be based on a hodgepodge of buzzwords that not only don't go together but flatly contradict physical law? Can we get someone to play the scientist and explain that, who's expert in portraying how clueless he is about people? Preferably one devoid of common sense. Finally, is there any chance whatsoever that we can get some hipster nerd who can hack NSA mainframes with his toothbrush to provide the breakthrough scene where he co-stars with a really loud keyboard and several large monitors and in a surprise upset gets the idiot and the skank back on track with his kung fu virus skills?

You know, something like that - something original.

PS - Please see to it that none of them get near a bottle of shampoo and the only ones without stubble are the nerd and some of the chicks. Because God knows that you can't own a comb or bathe and be qualified for anything during an apocalypse.

EDIT - I forgot about the fx. Make it really sensational so people can say how realistic it was when physical laws got thrown out the window.

And don't worry about the dialog a lot, that's why they invented camera angles and idiots and skanks that wouldn't know cool if it walked up and slapped them.