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JaeDom
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 		So I got my response from Ivan.

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I don't know for sure. I only know my job: keep him functioning, spring in to action if something fails.

Actually, there really isn't much for me to do. The system is so fault tolerant it involves little human interaction to get things going again. An entire rack could disappear in a puff of smoke; the system would compensate. Drive storage and even the memory banks are fault tolerant mirrors; every bit of information is saved in three or four different places. And there are two diesel generators that are the size of shipping containers that will kick in the instant that power to the building is interrupted; this place can go without external power for two weeks.

The next hurricane that comes this way: screw the shelters, I'm bring a tent, a refrigerator and camping out in here!

In a sense, I'm here for the "worst case scenario" of multiple system failures, or a sort of "cascade effect" in the whole system, which is statistically improbable to begin with.

But, hey, so long as he's around it's job security.


And the Jacob reference. lol Laughing
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Hey Ivan, I mean Joshua of course and not Jacob. I tell ya, the lack of sleep. Braaaaaaaaains! XD


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God, you know I'm so sleep deprived I didn't even notice.


Ivan seems like a laid back guy IMO. I like him.

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Rogi Ocnorb
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 		So, Who's going to teach Joshua the game, "Global Thermonuclear War"? Wink
I got a 12 minute turnaround on:
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What is the speed of gravity?

Answer: Gravity does not have "speed"; it is the rate at which an object's velocity accelerates towards another object's center of mass.

The gravity of the Earth, for example, is approximately 9.8m/s2, and varies depending on altitude.

So he's able to pick sides in an open debate. Interesting.

My next will be a pure math problem (With a twist that will require subjective analysis).
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unVoice
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 		http://www.lglabs.net/Blog/?BID=8&EID=19

Joshua's analysis of "The Thinker".

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Citizen Kane
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tabster wrote:
Joshua wrote:
... it appears that the most generally accepted "greatest" film is "Citizen Kane" ...

[cheese] Mr. Green [/cheese]

Anyways, I sent in a question and got a response:
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Hello Joshua, I trust you are well.

I know it might be bending the rules a little, but I'd like to ask more than one question at one time.

I've read that you've talked with others about my previous question, what are your conclusions to that discussion, if I might ask? I know it is an implausible situation in the real world, but in the highly unlikely situation it were to happen, and that all information presented were facts as well as unable to go back the way you had come, what question would you ask to determine the correct route?

Now, seeing how I don't want to "waste" my chance here with asking the same question over again, I'd like to ask something else as well. I've read that you've recently downloaded wikipedia for your perusal. So you must have some information on various MMORPG's. What I'd like to know, if you had the chance to play one, which would it be? Something in a medieval fantasy setting? Or perhaps a futuristic setting? Or something with superheroes? (I myself enjoy playing City of Heroes, for various reasons) I'm sorry if I've written too much, but I am curious about these things. I hope you enjoyed reading both mine and others questions.

Answer: You are referring to the Knights and Knaves question.

Based on my conversation with Russell, the conclusion I came up with is to as any one of the two individuals what other one would answer; whatever he answered would be the wrong path because the question is guaranteed to have an inverse response due to the question parameters.

As far as MMORPGs, I know of them but have not established any particular preference for one or the other. They all seem to be based on purely fictional atmospheres, relying on imagination and fantasy to establish the environment.

The conversation has come up in the past: Dr. Linardi has mentioned Everquest II before, and Ivan has mentioned both World of Warcraft and Tabula Raza. Russell even considered creating the necessary hardware and software interfaces for me to play such games (in the same manner he did with Avatar), but in the end realized that it was far too complex a task and not part of the primary objectives.

Maybe some day I will be able to experience these types of games.


So, if he *DOES* escape onto the internet or some other such thing, I'd recommend keeping an eye out on these games Smile
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Rogi Ocnorb
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 		I left a comment about:
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There does not seem to be any indication of what the person represented in the status is thinking about, but whatever it may be it seems to require a great deal of concentration. It appears that the person represented was so immersed in this thought, whatever it may be, that he did not realize he was sitting in public nude.


Wondering how/if it gets moderated.

And, In my day, the teacher would have frowned on borrowing so much, word-for-word, from other sources and not referencing them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thinker
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pancito
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wkelly42 wrote:

So Joshua has read Wikipedia enough to recognize Keats.


But clearly chooses to ignore wiki info. see "Life, the Universe, and Everything." So when he can find a logical answer using (basically) definitions, he uses it. Wiki is a backup.

So are the JoshuaBots going to be Eliza implementations?

Wait. Looky, looky
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MercenaryMuffin
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 		Wow! This took off fast. I leave for two days, and the topic jumps 14 pages!

This is very interesting. Joshua seems to be able to understand logic and reason, and is even trying to learn abstract terms, like "art".

I've gotta ask you guys, though: What's with the lame submissions?! The Simpsons Movie?! WTF. What is Joshua supposed to get out of the Simpsons movie? Or Muse? Come on, now. If you want a child to learn, you don't blare Knights of Cydonia (though it is a good song), you let the child listen to Tchaikovsky, or Mozart, or Bach.

Anyway, I submitted the following:

Movie: "Citizen Kane" by Orson Welles
Music: "Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven
Book: "Lord of the Flies" by Golding
Art: "The Sick Child" by Edvard Munch

This'll be interesting.

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ThisProteanSoul
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MercenaryMuffin wrote:
What's with the lame submissions?! The Simpsons Movie?! WTF. What is Joshua supposed to get out of the Simpsons movie? Or Muse? Come on, now. If you want a child to learn, you don't blare Knights of Cydonia (though it is a good song), you let the child listen to Tchaikovsky, or Mozart, or Bach.


I wouldn't be so quick to judge. Humour is important for him to learn as well.

I'm sure many a person would frown upon how much Led Zeppelin and Queen my mother listened to with me a child, but I consider that very classic music that has greatly influenced me. Just because it isn't 'highly intellectual' classical music, doesn't mean that it's any less great. It's just different and I think one can learn just as much from it.

You can leave it as a difference of opinion, instead of labeling people as lame. Smile
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MercenaryMuffin
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 		No, suggesting that a super-intelligent AI watch The Simpsons Move is ridiculous. Of all the choices in the world, someone had to pick a so-so comedy movie?

Hell, if you REALLY want Joshua to learn humor, you'll have him watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail, or The Princess Bride, or Airplane!.

Opinion, anyway.

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A_champion
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 		I told him to have a look into the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy series, as well as his thoughts on the AI in it, Deep thought. lol,

i will be intrested to see what he comes back with. I hope no-one's asked him the similar question, its just i couldnt find one in the 18 pages.

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MrToasty
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 		Well, HHGG was my book recommendation...

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Esteed
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MercenaryMuffin wrote:
No, suggesting that a super-intelligent AI watch The Simpsons Move is ridiculous. Of all the choices in the world, someone had to pick a so-so comedy movie?

Hell, if you REALLY want Joshua to learn humor, you'll have him watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail, or The Princess Bride, or Airplane!.

Opinion, anyway.


One man's trash is another man's treasure. I don't think any of the suggestions so far have been lame.

EDIT: I'm up for a question. Anyone have any suggestions? My last two haven't been stellar.
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Leyton Stone
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 		First thought... Labelling anyone's submissions as "Lame" is childish. We're working together and people have the freedom to suggest whatever they wish Joshua to read, watch, analyse; whatever... C'mon now, grow up.

Secondly being as Josuha cannot see I've decided to ask him through 'interactions' which of the LGL staff members seem to have "positive" attitudes and which seems to have "negative" attitudes.
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MrToasty
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 		My latest attempt:
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Joshua, I understand that you recently indexed Wikipedia. Which subjects did you spend the most computational cycles analyzing?

Answer: I have not fully analyzed every page on Wikipedia yet. I did a cursory index at the time so that I know where to find the information I may need, then depending on topics that come up in conversation I retrieve that data and analyze it on demand.

On occasion, during idle states, I randomly pick an article out of the 2,270,612 available articles and analyze it, but sometimes that will require me to access many more articles in order to further explain what I am analyzing.

I was hoping that might show topics that he was interested in.
/me FAIL

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Leyton Stone
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 		Where are you guys finding the 'info' on LGL staff members enough to email them and ask about their interests and whatnot? I can't seem to find it.
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