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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Extremely basic summary. Fact-checking and serious cleanup needed.}} | |
+ | Developing {{w|Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence}} (AI) has been a challenge for a long time. Even to develop one with the intelligence of a six-year-old child would be a great milestone, and presumably a stepping stone on the path to making one with the intelligence of an adult human. As I understand it AI technology at the time of writing can at best produce something with the intelligence akin to a mouse, maybe less. In other words beings without much developed higher-order reasoning like that of humans or even some primates [citation needed]. | ||
− | + | In this comic, Randall jokingly suggests that in order to accomplish this goal, one can give him an AI that's already as smart as an adult, and let him teach it childish and stupid things. He is shown teaching it dumb jokes, much like the ones a sassy six-year-old would make. The humour in that he is essentially taking the AI, which is already at full human intelligence, and making it dumber, just by talking to it. This is not unlike the old joke, "The easiest way to make a small fortune on Wall Street [or similar] is to start with a large one." | |
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The specific situation may also be a reference to {{w|Tay (bot)|Tay}}, a Microsoft chatbot that was taught to {{w|internet troll|troll}} within hours of its exposure to the public. | The specific situation may also be a reference to {{w|Tay (bot)|Tay}}, a Microsoft chatbot that was taught to {{w|internet troll|troll}} within hours of its exposure to the public. | ||
− | " | + | ("Updog" refers to a [joke? prank? minor prank?] often done to or by small children and occasionally teenagers, in which the perpetrator tells the victim "Hey, you've got some 'updog' on your shirt/pants." The victim, unrealizing, is supposed to reply with "What's 'updog'?", which is taken as the casual greeting "What's up, dog?". Usually, the perpetrator then replies "Not much, you?", and the victim then realizes the joke and feels stupid.) |
− | + | [Updog maybe just in America? Not other English-speaking countries? Please confirm. U.K. Confirmed as not common but has Variants.] | |
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− | + | {{w|Lambda calculus}} is an area of mathematical logic and theoretical computer science. It is a formal language which can express computation and evaluation. It is Turing Complete, which means it can do any computation which can be executed by a computer. However, it is very simple, consisting only of two primitive notions: ''abstraction'', which is forming a function and ''application'' which is applying a function to an input value. For example, a function which squares a given number can be written λx.x². Here the ''λ'' indicates an abstraction (hence the name ''lambda calculus''), the ''x'' is the input value and the output is ''x²''. As an example of application, if we apply this function to 5, we get (λx.x²)(5) = 5² = 25. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball | + | :[Cueball (Or Randall) is standing in front of a computer with AI, he is attempting to teach the computer to say things.] |
− | :Cueball: Then you say "More like | + | :Cueball: Then you say "More like FARTificial intelligence!" |
:Computer: Understood. | :Computer: Understood. | ||
:Cueball: Great! Now let me teach you about "updog". | :Cueball: Great! Now let me teach you about "updog". | ||
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− | :AI | + | :AI Tip: To develop a computer with the intelligence of a six-year-old child, start with one as smart as an adult and let me teach it stuff. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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[[Category:Artificial Intelligence]] | [[Category:Artificial Intelligence]] | ||
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