Introducing CADIE

post by MBlume · 2009-04-01T07:32:42.274Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 8 comments

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Apparently there is no need to worry about the topic that must not be named anymore, for Google has taken care of everything. Behold the dawning of a new age!

Introducing CADIE

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comment by Annoyance · 2009-04-01T15:28:05.694Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

With this bold and daring move, Google is coming ever-closer to complete self-sufficiency. Soon it will be able to replace traditional and obsolete human beings with updated software that can utilize Google's resources far better than humans could ever dream of doing.

By substituting computer programs for users of YouTube, Google will be able to drastically cut back on the wasteful 'services' it provides to outside consumers. The resulting cost savings will permit it to finally make a profit. Everyone wins!

comment by Roko · 2009-04-01T15:21:20.263Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Nice. We have a new alternative FAI theory - we expose the AI to enough Bebo and myspace pages that it becomes a super emo teenage girl and loves everyone... including (and especially) pandas!

Interesting that the word "singularity" is used fairly freely now

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↑ comment by dfranke · 2009-04-01T19:36:22.537Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I don't think including it in the URL for an April Fools joke written by a geek who works for an AI company headquartered a few miles from SIAI quite qualifies as "used freely".

↑ comment by whpearson · 2009-04-01T15:42:23.435Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

In this case it is used fairly freely in an April fool. Not the place you want it to be used if you want people to take "the institute that must not be named" seriously.

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↑ comment by Annoyance · 2009-04-01T15:46:54.219Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

"First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win." - Mohandas Gandhi

↑ comment by Roko · 2009-04-01T17:59:34.642Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

yeah, true. Still, it's probably better than nothing....

comment by Paul Crowley (ciphergoth) · 2009-04-01T12:15:53.508Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

They like pandas - they must be Friendly!

comment by billswift · 2009-04-01T09:12:54.664Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

April Fool