Research group switches on world's first "artificial intelligence" tasked-array system.

[anigbrowl]

Source: Google

For several years now a small research group has been working on some challenging problems in the areas of neural networking, natural language and autonomous problem-solving. Last fall this group achieved a significant breakthrough: a powerful new technique for solving reinforcement learning problems, resulting in the first functional global-scale neuro-evolutionary learning cluster.

Since then progress has been rapid, and tonight we're pleased to announce that just moments ago, the world's first Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity (CADIE) was switched on and began performing some initial functions. It's an exciting moment that we're determined to build upon by coming to understand more fully what CADIE's emergence might mean, for Google and for our users.
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Read more: http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/landing/cadie/index.html

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There's a technical monograph at http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/cadie/tech.html

I knew google's long-term goal was to establish artificial intelligence, but I hadn't expect them to make progress on it this quickly.

[Lasher]

1. A strange game.

The only winning move is not to play.

[anigbrowl]

3. I lost, hard.

[Lasher]

9. How about...

[MilesColtrane]

2. How long will it take before it becomes funny?

I'm guessing it will surpass the Dane Cook threshold within three hours.

Maybe they should have named it Kokopelli.

[lapfog_1]

10. "Man, my only friend... is this a funny once?" - n/t

[tomm2thumbs]

4. daisy, daisy...

give me your answer truuuuuuuuuuuu <blip>

[rcrush]

5. Great. Now Skynet is real.

It created its own webpage! It thinks its people! KILL IT! KILL IT!

[nilram]

6. Announcement is dated March 31st, 2009 11:59:59 pm

Just one second before April 1st, so in case anyone is asking -- no, this couldn't be an April Fools joke. Google is a serious company that never kids around.

[bananas]

8. March only has 30 days

so March 31 is really April 1.

[nilram]

11. haha! That's a good one, too!

2009

[shadowknows69]

14. Um, no. Look at a calendar.

[bananas]

18. April Fools!

:hi:

[BlooInBloo]

7. What's the date again?

EDIT: Duh.

[Posteritatis]

12. Beware the Kalends of April! (nt)

[tomm2thumbs]

13. my only hope is that they have time to install it in Bush's head before he wanders off

he does that a lot now

[lonestarnot]

15. Already done.

:)

[Soylent Brice]

16. kick for ya

this is cool stuff.

[roberto]

17. 1st april joke ...

This is actually not possible. Neural networks or others stuffs can only reproduce things, not thinking cognitively ...

[TCJ70]

19. I, for one, welcome our...

...new robot overlords. Cylon/Human war here we come!

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

20. "I want Forbin."