Heh I came in for the same point but decided to give the author the benefit of the attention-grabbing-headline, so to speak. AI started in earnest in 1950 with the rest of CS IMO, so technically this is “extremely early AI history”, but you can see how they were basically just positing stuff at this point. I mean “we didn’t use the word planet back then” really threw me for a loop.
Also these days “prehistory of AI” means “pre-2010”, according to the LLM industry!
I don't know. It likely goes much further back. The main problem is that there is no commonly accepted definition of "intelligence". So to add the modifier "artificial" (an equally fraught term) is just to muddle the topic.
"Artificial Intelligence" is in the end just a metaphor, one that folds quickly under scrutiny.
Great point! I cite Turing so much that I feel like I have to start it with “Can Machines Think?”, but that’s definitely the more historically valid answer. It certainly is if you ask Dartmouth lol, they have a whole page for it.
On the topic of “incredible women historians of AI”, this article by Grace Solomonoff was posted here a while back and blew my mind. Would highly recommend for anyone interested in the minds that started this whole kerfuffle.
Mostly coincidentally--although there were one or two overlapping participants--Cognitive Science is usually dated to an MIT conference a few months later. (Although I don't think it was called that yet.)
More like Plato. But cybernetics and systems theory seem more apt models, and, most interestingly, they derive as much from anthropology as from math. . . .
I naively opened an account in the US with a local credit union. Took a small loan. Turned out to be a bizarre experience. Before wiring money out of the account, I'd get sent over to a room, where a guy would ask, so, how's everything going? What's this wire for? etc.
ScyllaDB is exceptionally good (and unique) as a company in that they virtually ban marketing for its own sake. I'd point you to their 'vendor agnostic' p99 conference as well. Among the most technically credible technology companies of all time.
I totally agree I just feel like there's a sweet spot in the early 2000s where crash safety was better (not the best, but way closer to modern) and traction controls were standard but you didn't have all the spyware. My 2000 4Runner was unfortunately designed in the 1990s which means the doors are super thin as are the roof pillars. Not a deal breaker mind you, it's just the sort of thing that I won't want it until it's too late.
Depending on your climate, you should probably have the right front frame member inspected for rust. My father had an '09 4Runner & got into a front-end crash. In the process that member was exposed, and while it looked fine on the outside, it was full of rust from the inside and quite thin.
Don't get me wrong, I drive an '01 Ranger that is more rust than steel at this point, but it is still good to know what you have.
>I drive an '01 Ranger that is more rust than steel at this point
You poor man. I had a 3.slow 6 cyl. 0-60 in 16s was almost an accomplishment. I guess that's what you get when you have a 155hp motor trying to pull a 3800 lb vehicle.
I drove a '93 Ranger with the 98 horsepower 2.3L 4-cylinder and the 5-speed manual in the late 2000s from 130,000 miles to 280,000 miles; it carried the supplies to paint dozens of houses and got me through college without any debt on car payments or tuition. My wife still mocks me for the purple pinstripes and the fact it was shorter than her, but I was driving it when she was just an acquaintance and I was still driving it home from our wedding, so clearly she actually liked it and just won't admit it.
It could eventually achieve 70 mph on the downhills with a slight tailwind, but it's not a vehicle for people who are in a hurry. I never entered it into any kind of drag race, so I didn't worry about the 0-60 time. Sadly, it died when a neophyte mechanic tried to lift it by the body instead of the ladder frame; the body mounts were able to keep the sheet metal from sliding around but the rust gave way when they tried to put them in tension. No, it would not have been safe in a rollover...
I like to imagine there's one still dry and rust-free in a barn somewhere in the Southwest that just needs some hoses, fluids, and a clean paint job (with purple pinstripes, that's important!) I would pick that over a new Maverick any day, never worry for a moment about it selling my data, and I'd have a stupid grin on my face every time I saw it. The only thing that could make it better would be if I could bolt an EV motor to the flywheel, elevate the bed by 6", and sandwich a battery pack under it.
the 4cyl was about as fast as the 3.0 6cyl but got much better fuel economy. I didn't hate that it was slow. I hated that it was slow and only got 20mpg lol
A point often left out of this discussion is that a love of reading is usually engendered by a single book. Not by reading 10 books over the summer, though, of course, that's something all kids should do. You can't really predict when it will happen, or what book will be the catalyst.
And robotaxis never happened, and the cybertruck (hideous as it is) is years behind schedule... So much of Tesla's valuation is built on nothing more than empty Musk promises. The CFO seems like someone who will be taking a lot of heat when reality comes to roost. No wonder he's leaving.
Dodgy in what way? This kind of thing is where none would do creative accounting. Accountants just propose a plan and get the auditor to sign off on it, or suggest modifications. In the auto business, if the CFO wants to hit a number for the CEO, warranty accounting is the place to play games.
Seems a lot of people with opinions on this topic have little experience crabbing, fishing, and hunting, that is, looking these creatures in the eye. I can assure you, all of them are sentient.
Low quality comment: I looked a lobster in the eye yesterday. It was definitely very curious about me - intently feeling my hand with its antennae. I tickled its antennae an it darted away. But it was back in a few minutes, watching me as I moved around.
