Computer Reads Civilization Instruction Manual, Actually Learns

[Brink]

Well now, that's nice and chilling. Yes, computers are reading now, apparently. What about? Oh, nothing really. Just a game that spans the entirety of human history and military conquest. And – thanks to some delightful MIT researchers – said computers can now absorb knowledge like sponges who can also read. But hey, at least the first step in our eventual hubris-ridden annihilation is really damn interesting......

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[Everlong]

Skynet hear we come.

Interesting all the same. Similar to that computer that studied a swinging pendulum and concluded the basic laws of physics, that took humans thousands of years, in an hour.

 

[Windows i7 920]

But hey, at least the first step in our eventual hubris-ridden annihilation is really damn interesting......

Read more at: Maximum PC | Computer Reads Civilization Instruction Manual, Actually Learns

I seriously laughed at that... This will make for some interesting video game AI in the future though. Imagine a game that can adjust its game play by learning what the player likes?

 

[Borg 386]

Skynet...we're watching you!

 

[Hopalong X]

George Orwell was only a century early with 1984.

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