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Book manuscript page / discovery document
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Summary
This document appears to be page 262 of a book or manuscript titled 'Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?' written by an individual named Tagg. The text discusses Artificial Intelligence, the 'Halting Problem,' and the origin of computer bugs, referencing Brooks' essential complexity. The page includes a photo of the IBM Watson Jeopardy! challenge and bears a House Oversight Committee Bates stamp, indicating it was produced as part of a congressional investigation.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Tagg | Author/Narrator |
Mentions his own name in the text: 'If you misspell my name as Stagg instead of Tagg...'
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| Stagg | Hypothetical Name |
Used as an example of a misspelling of the author's name
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| Brooks | Computer Scientist (Reference) |
Referenced regarding 'Brooks' essential complexity' (likely Fred Brooks)
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| Ken | Jeopardy Contestant |
Name visible on podium in the photograph (Ken Jennings)
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| Watson | AI Contestant |
Name visible on podium in the photograph (IBM Computer)
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| House Oversight Committee |
Source of the document production (Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015952)
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| Watson |
IBM AI system featured in the image and caption
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Key Quotes (4)
"If we are lucky, they may treat us as amusing pets."Source
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"If you misspell my name as Stagg instead of Tagg that's just carelessness."Source
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Quote #2
"This is not the future we face."Source
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Quote #3
"Mummy, where do Bugs Come From?"Source
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Full Extracted Text
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Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?
Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?
[Image Description: A photo of the Jeopardy! television set. Three podiums are visible labeled "KEN", "WATSON", and "BR..." (partially obscured). A man is on his hands and knees wiping the reflective floor in the foreground. Background screens show the word "THINK" in various languages including "PIENSE" and "ДУМАЙ".]
Watson and Our Future?
computing power and therefore universal knowledge. This could herald a Utopian future; global warming, cancer, all things of the past. But computers might just as easily become bored and determine we humans are the real problem. If we are lucky, they may treat us as amusing pets. If we are unlucky...
These consequences might have come to pass if the answer to the Halting Problem were 'yes', but as the answer is 'no'! This is not the future we face.
These consequences might have come to pass if the answer to the Halting Problem were 'yes', but as the answer is 'no'! This is not the future we face.
Mummy, where do Bugs Come From?
One consequence of the logic limit provides a theoretical basis for the origin of computer bugs. The mention of 'bug' conjures up stories of dead creepy crawlies stuck in early computer circuits, but the term had been in use for over 150 years before the computer was even invented. Bugs are not simply annoying mistakes. If you misspell my name as Stagg instead of Tagg that's just carelessness. Real flaws creep into a computer program when you fail to understand Brooks' essential complexity, or by my terminology, you stray above the logic limit without realizing it.
Imagine we have created a piece of software. The software goes into test and is subjected to a range of use cases. Some of these will fail because we did not take into account all the real world possibilities. Then a strange thing happens. We get trapped in a loop of patching the errors in the program in a rather mechanical way. Find an error, patch
One consequence of the logic limit provides a theoretical basis for the origin of computer bugs. The mention of 'bug' conjures up stories of dead creepy crawlies stuck in early computer circuits, but the term had been in use for over 150 years before the computer was even invented. Bugs are not simply annoying mistakes. If you misspell my name as Stagg instead of Tagg that's just carelessness. Real flaws creep into a computer program when you fail to understand Brooks' essential complexity, or by my terminology, you stray above the logic limit without realizing it.
Imagine we have created a piece of software. The software goes into test and is subjected to a range of use cases. Some of these will fail because we did not take into account all the real world possibilities. Then a strange thing happens. We get trapped in a loop of patching the errors in the program in a rather mechanical way. Find an error, patch
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