tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016645013375966173.post7087502960220380714..comments2023-10-20T06:48:04.662-05:00Comments on Lord of the Green Dragons: Can Anyone Tell Me What This Is...?Rob Kuntzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17648200357715492214noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016645013375966173.post-77831171710818609552010-01-21T15:14:27.271-06:002010-01-21T15:14:27.271-06:00It looks a lot like one of those engineering model...It looks a lot like one of those engineering models you see of the guts of the Star Trek ships. Specifically, an antimatter injector from from any point after the first movie.Hammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06035431208614358992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016645013375966173.post-33197178112884726132010-01-19T22:12:38.551-06:002010-01-19T22:12:38.551-06:00Hey Scott. Thanks for amusing this fool. I'v...Hey Scott. Thanks for amusing this fool. I've been in a state of tiredness (did not sleep well last night) and while looking at this thing my sci-fi side started tingling (probably the endorphins running out, actually). The thinga-ma-bob did give me an idea for fictional use, however, based errantly, of course, upon my first assumption. But that's the fun of creating. :)<br /><br />Indeed, thanks for rambling, it was fun. :) I'll prep more next time. ;)Rob Kuntzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648200357715492214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016645013375966173.post-66185658570015918072010-01-19T21:56:06.158-06:002010-01-19T21:56:06.158-06:00Oops, forgot something. Told you it was late...
A...Oops, forgot something. Told you it was late...<br /><br />A sculptor I met had an interesting test for Artificial Intelligence - he said the test wasn't if it could <i>play</i> the game of Chess. The test was if it could <i>design</i> the game of Chess.scottszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10327316054801308727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016645013375966173.post-45419485158182837502010-01-19T21:52:51.834-06:002010-01-19T21:52:51.834-06:00I'm pretty sure it's just a conceptual dia...I'm pretty sure it's just a conceptual diagram of an 'artificial intelligence' engine.<br /><br />My reading about such things is limited, but this doesn't seem terribly clear or useful. 'Imagination Engine'? Really?<br /><br />Last I checked, Artificial Intelligence (from the 1960's viewpoint) had been abandoned in favor of 'reasoning systems' meant to be assistive technologies. I remember reading about Bidirectional Associative Memory systems a few years ago - one of the big revelations was that such systems organize data as a method of conserving energy (i.e. it uses less electricity to remember a straight line than a curve, etc.) It would put AI study under thermodynamics - not terribly romantic, but perhaps useful for the future.<br /><br />With the atomic/quantum computing that's coming down the pike, I believe some of the classic AI theories are being dusted off and looked at with fresh viewpoints.<br /><br />There's a funny/sad story about one of the scientists working out problems in quantum computing having a revelation that perhaps the entire physical world was a system of quantum computations. I imagine that nothing looks the same after that.<br /><br />If the flesh is filled with Eros, would an unbounded mind would be filled with Thanatos (to keep us balanced)? I always wondered if a true AI would emerge and, like something from a Rod Serling tale, turn itself off in a zero sum haze...<br /><br />Sorry - it's late and I'm rambling. The diagram gives me the impression of a cheesy marketing pamphlet piece of art...scottszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10327316054801308727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016645013375966173.post-75669071500041654132010-01-19T21:41:43.626-06:002010-01-19T21:41:43.626-06:00Grodog: Stanley lost his cup?Grodog: Stanley lost his cup?Rob Kuntzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648200357715492214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016645013375966173.post-7084993882558066652010-01-19T21:25:26.249-06:002010-01-19T21:25:26.249-06:00Thanks mThomas, but being a fugitive from real sci...Thanks mThomas, but being a fugitive from real scientific terms, that lost me, other than the idea that it has to do with the brain.<br /><br />Scottz: Yes, but, but. what is it??? :)<br /><br />Joe: I thought as much at first myself, but then it appeared pretty static for a "hopper". ;)<br /><br />RJK--neurons overloaded...Rob Kuntzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648200357715492214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016645013375966173.post-32552688708007104812010-01-19T21:24:39.442-06:002010-01-19T21:24:39.442-06:00The insides of the Stanley Cup??
Allan.The insides of the Stanley Cup??<br /><br />Allan.grodoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800184312511280050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016645013375966173.post-43129876133027865822010-01-19T21:13:29.754-06:002010-01-19T21:13:29.754-06:00It's a dinglehopper!It's a dinglehopper!Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01355324231111953098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016645013375966173.post-40353634900718323522010-01-19T20:14:01.139-06:002010-01-19T20:14:01.139-06:00Oops, pasted the wrong link:
http://www.governmen...Oops, pasted the wrong link:<br /><br />http://www.governmentcontractswon.com/department/defense/imagination_engines_inc_011360364.asp?yr=08<br /><br />Sorry...scottszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10327316054801308727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016645013375966173.post-91853248052824690682010-01-19T20:11:47.201-06:002010-01-19T20:11:47.201-06:00http://www.imagination-engines.com/cm.htmhttp://www.imagination-engines.com/cm.htmscottszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10327316054801308727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016645013375966173.post-85958104862022410322010-01-19T19:12:21.108-06:002010-01-19T19:12:21.108-06:00Looks like a neural net based learning system desi...Looks like a neural net based learning system designed for search functions.Mark Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13648399258393669436noreply@blogger.com