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August 22, 1969, The American pop-rock duo Zager and Evans end a six-week run at the top of the charts with their ponderously titled single “In The Year 2525." With lyrics focused on the ominous effects of future technology, it would be their one and only hit. Zager and Evans never returned to the pop charts after their triumphant debut in the summer of ’69.

 

 

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Thanks………Now that will be playing in my head all day.

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Listening closely to their predictions it seems like they may have underestimated the time line, what with AI systems generating their own second generation.

In a move that will both amaze and terrify people, probably at the same time, this week Google announced it’s developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) that has now created its own “child,” and of course I’m talking about an AI child. After all, an AI creating a human child is still some way off, but frankly tag team an AI with the project to create the world’s first artificial human, a bioprinter, some artificial sperm and eggs, and an artificial womb and hey, who knows, one day it might be possible for an AI to create its own human child – diapers and all. Maybe it’ll outsource nappy changing to an Amazon warehouse robot… Jeff, call me, I think I discovered your next opportunity

But that’s not all.

The “parent” AI managed to train it’s child to such a high level that its algorithms outperformed every other human built AI system like it.  It’s an impressive achievement, but one that could also trigger fears about what else AI could create without human involvement.

The child AI was built using Google’s AutoML platform, a product it unveiled in June this year, that was designed with the express intent of being able to automate the design of new machine learning algorithms and models.

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19 minutes ago, CRF857 said:

Thanks………Now that will be playing in my head all day.

I shared a cubicle with a rather quirky guy - one day he came in humming "The Muppets Show Theme Song" I had had enough of that for the day only after a half an hour....

He told me he just could NOT get it out of his head. I told him to go up to the mezzanine in the shop and sing it REALLY loud until he could not remember the words....

It worked!

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1 hour ago, 953 nut said:

Listening closely to their predictions it seems like they may have underestimated the time line, what with AI systems generating their own second generation.

Sky Lab from the Terminator movies.