Originally posted by SVT PETE: I think he's a Software Developer.
To be all dramatic, I am a physicist working in the field of what used to be call artificial intelligence. My training and background are in nuclear physics, but I have not done any practical work in that area since the 80s
The tools I work with are best described as evolutionary programming (genetic algorithms) guided by neural nets.
I am not building systems that are self-aware or any mystical crap like that. I am developing practical decision-making and optimization engines. Simply stated, I am making certain types of weapon systems smart enough that when activated, they kill what they are supposed to regardless of how far outside their design specifications the environment varies. They learn and they adapt ââ?¬â?? and they remember. The vault I was trapped in during Suniel's SVT auction was not protecting currency.
The fire control and maneuvering system I am now designing will use a modest number of parallel processing nodes (256) and will still be extremely smart ââ?¬â?? about as smart as a cockroach. For machine intelligence, this is extraordinary.
woh, sounds pretty intense...i know my prof at Brandeis did some AI stuff with machines but probably not anywhere near your magnitude. i nominate all terrorists to be your test subjects if you get everything all set up though since "they kill what they are supposed to regardless of how far outside their design specifications the environment varies"
