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(Just a little off-topic, side not, I haven't been on much bcz I am house sitting for ppl with no internet )

Well I saw I,ROBOT on friday, and I thought it was generally a good movie (I will buy it, along with Spiderman 2 and Van Helsing when they come out on DVD ) but it got me to wondering 2 questions:

• First off, what did you think of the movie/the movie's effects (it was shot in Vancouver Canada I am only like 4 hours away )
  
  
• Second, and this one is more technical - do you think it is possible to have robots with fealings, dreams, and a form of consiousness within 20-30 years and be affordable enough for a middle class person can afford one? I don't just mean a stupid machine that responds to your requests via pre-programmed questions, I mean robots that can decide things on their own, and live among us, perhaps eventually esculating to something like what happened on the matrix (I don't mean the virtual world, I just mean machines eventually taking over after being oppressed for so long.

Just a little bit of information to help you with your answer(s):

• The HONDA ACIMO robot can walk, move, and decifer its enviroment, and has the general shape of a human
  You can already purchase one for ~1.5 million USD
  The info page is at: http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/
  Current model, ASIMO V2:
  
  
  And here's the old model, P3 (Prototype 3): 
  
• There is an experimental robot that currently can respond to your tone of voice with facial expressions and indeciferable gibberish (which will hopefully eventually be words)
  
• An experimental robot, currently in progress, can respond to what you say using complex algorithims. It currently can respond to about 1/4 of what you say with an individual answer (not just a simple yes/no)

(Upon googling I found this artical about conscious robot:
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Papers/Py104/dennett.rob.html )

I saw trailers of the movie, and it looks pwitty good, so i will probably see it in the following days ....

As for your second question, yeah i think REAL AI will be discovered at some point, but i don't believe it will be in our life time. Maybe the day before we die someone will have a REALLY sophisticated robot, but i don't think we will have robots that actually "live" for quite a looooooooooooooooooong time

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Originally posted by Ningc_Maniac
yeah i think REAL AI will be discovered at some point

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AI is not something you can really "discover". You just have to code it. And it's hard

Ive seen the trailers too it looks pretty good and its got a OCC (Orange County Choppers) aka American Chopper bike in it..this one-



Theres no better pictures so its most likely a custom bike but upon closer inspection is probly similar to this one-



but ill know for sure once ive seen the movie which i intend to do pretty soon.

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Originally posted by Scone
Theres no better pictures so its most likely a custom bike

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If it came out of occ what do you think it is?

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Originally posted by Scone
Ive seen the trailers too it looks pretty good and its got a OCC (Orange County Choppers) aka American Chopper bike in it..this one-



Theres no better pictures so its most likely a custom bike but upon closer inspection is probly similar to this one-

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That's awesome, but I never saw it

There was also this kick-ass AUDI custom ():


(more pic.s and info at http://www.rsportscars.com/eng/cars/audi_rsq.asp )

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Originally posted by Ningc_Maniac
I saw trailers of the movie, and it looks pwitty good, so i will probably see it in the following days ....

As for your second question, yeah i think REAL AI will be discovered at some point, but i don't believe it will be in our life time. Maybe the day before we die someone will have a REALLY sophisticated robot, but i don't think we will have robots that actually "live" for quite a looooooooooooooooooong time

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I don't think it's so far off (though it won't be "discovered" it will be made, hence ARTIFICIAL intelligence.


I reccomend you all see the movie, it was good, I give it ***1/2 out of **** (3.5 / 4)


Edit: One reason I may not have seen that bike is bcz that's the wrong image, that's the "T-REX" bike that you gave a larger image of, the little thumbnail says you have to stop by their retail store to see it

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Originally posted by Scone
Ive seen the trailers too it looks pretty good and its got a OCC (Orange County Choppers) aka American Chopper bike in it..this one-

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Uhh... the OCC bike isn't IN the movie... They made it for Will Smith and unveiled it at the premiere of the movie.

Pics: http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/amchopper/photo...irobot/irobot.html

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Originally posted by WDZ

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Originally posted by Scone
Ive seen the trailers too it looks pretty good and its got a OCC (Orange County Choppers) aka American Chopper bike in it..this one-

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Uhh... the OCC bike isn't IN the movie... They made it for Will Smith and unveiled it at the premiere of the movie.

Pics: http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/amchopper/photo...irobot/irobot.html

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that is an awesome bike :refucK:
* .blade// wants one.

It's too bad I missed American Chopper last night The place I am house sitting only has basic cable, and that doesn't include discovery channel


and no internet aswell e_e

Well, there are always reruns...

Friday, July 23rd, 2004 - 21:00 EST
Saturday, July 24th, 2004 - 00:00, 15:00 EST

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Originally posted by WDZ


Well, there are always reruns...

Friday, July 23rd, 2004 - 21:00 EST
Saturday, July 24th, 2004 - 00:00, 15:00 EST

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Thanks....I'll try to get home on Saturday to watch it
* .blade// hugs his digital cable box

btw, I had no idea their bikes were so expensive X_X They START at 45,000 USD...mind you they ARE hand made, but that is a little pricey for a chopper...I'd rather have a street rod for that much