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LIP: Human brain out of PS3's
Just a couple questions:
Why the air force?
How is this helpful? I'm genuinely interested and the article doesn't say much. Thoughs? (laud?)
Re: LIP: Human brain out of PS3's
lol, fine. Here's your answers:
Why the USAF? Because in comparison to the other branches, they're our #1 spender of defense R&D money (because they deal with more intelligence gathering & more technology than the other branches - other branches, please don't hate me for saying this; you know it's true). Frankly, I'm jealous.
How is this helpful? Bottom line - target recognition (targets being anything from people to save to weapons factories to bomb). You, as a human, can look at a picture & tell me exactly what it shows. e.g. "Hey, that's a corn field, not a poppy field; don't bomb that!" "There's a guy escaping. Forget the original target, shoot him!" A computer, quick & smart as it is, has a lot of trouble doing that. We have drones to drop bombs & listen in & take pictures, but we still have to have humans making the judgment calls & analyzing all that info. The closer they can get a computer to thinking like a human, the less humans we need out in the field & the quicker decisions can be made w/out human assistance.
And the bonus question: Why PS3s? They're the best bang for the buck. No really. I know you guys probably think of them as expensive toys, but their cell processors are very cluster computing friendly (universities love them for R&D projects; the faster cluster computer in the world is currently made of PS3s) PS3s are very inexpensive for the technology they contain because they're sold near cost. Sony is looking to make money off their games, not the hardware. Two thousand PS3s cost $600k. If I went to IBM & asked them to build an equivalent machine, it'd cost in the millions - especially once you add the words "DoD contract" into the mix.
HTH?
I knew I could count on you laud!
And yes, your answers were very helpful.
That's interesting what you said about PS3 technology. I'm not much of a gamer so I don't keep up with the technology inside the consoles. I appreciate that the gov't recognized the money saving opportunity.
About replacing humans. I considered this as an obvious possibility for the outcome of this project. It brings to mind something that I know I've been hearing about since grade school - the idea that one day computers will replace humans entirely in the work force.
I can definitely see the advantages of sending computers into battle rather than humans & I'm all for it. But will companies use this technology to replace humans in every day life or just to aid them in doing their jobs more efficiently? (The humans in Wall-E come to mind. Are we really all destined to be lard asses with no bone structure?)