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<endeca_term>Sentience</endeca_term> 1.0

Sentience 1.0

Sentience: Modern physics puzzler in a classic arcade style.Collect points with the... Read more

21 July, 2011
Self Aware 1.0

Self Aware 1.0

...more puzzles. SECURITY Enhanced TURING Complete UNIVERSAL Program (STU)STU has developed sentience and become Self Aware within your Phone. He is intelligent, cruel, and... Read more

29 April, 2012

Sentience: The next moral dilemma Pt II

Allowing sentient beings legal protection and the right to choose Read more

24 January, 2001 by Richard Barry

Sentience: The next moral dilemma

Humankind will have to decide how to live with a new sentient race Read more

24 January, 2001 by Richard Barry

AI gets down to business

Artificial intelligence may pose fascinating questions for the scientific community, but out in the real world it has to be commercially viable Read more

23 January, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

The machine that wanted to be a mind Pt II

Recreating a sense of self is an infinitely confusing goal Read more

23 January, 2001 by Rupert Goodwins

The machine that wanted to be a mind

...about our capabilities as sentient beings, none seem close to providing true sentience. Whatever that is. Some philosophers think that mind is impossible to model... Read more

23 January, 2001 by Rupert Goodwins

Tech pets: Another dumb 'smart' idea

My 2-year-old cat Max is a royal pain in the neck. This precocious Russian Blue has methodically clawed my (once) new sofa to pieces; goes out of his way to chew my wife's house plants into green origami; and has acquired a disconcerting predilection for using my big, bald head as a scratch pad in the wee hours of the morning. Read more

12 January, 2001 by Charles Cooper

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...of an angry alligator? It's no good asking one's colleagues. Sentience is in short supply. Skip forward a week… Friday 9/12/2005... Read more

9 December, 2005

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...of an angry alligator? It's no good asking one's colleagues. Sentience is in short supply. Skip forward a week… Friday 9/12/2005... Read more

9 December, 2005 by Rupert Goodwins

Scientists teach computer to speak

Could tutoring a computer be the way to develop machines that talk back? Read more

12 April, 2001 by Will Knight

AI in games reaches new level

...demonstrate. In ZDNet's Artificial Intelligence Special, ZDNet charts the road to sentience, examines the technologies that will take us from sci-fi to sci... Read more

24 January, 2001 by Gamespot UK

Smart chips get under our skin Pt II

Privacy versus benefits to human understanding Read more

23 January, 2001 by Jane Wakefield

Can a human love a robot?

...between humans and their artificial chums. The possibility of a robot achieving sentience -- intelligence with the capacity for emotional development -- is a hot philosophical subject... Read more

23 January, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

AI: The story so far

Man has been pursuing the goal of an intelligent machine for centuries. But we're not there yet... Read more

23 January, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

3 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

10 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

10 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

12 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

14 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

15 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

15 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

16 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

18 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

19 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

20 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

21 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

22 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

23 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

23 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

23 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

1 day ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

2 days ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry