OXM UK: "As you'll know if you've read our latest issue's - dare we say it - masterful feature on artificial intelligence, when people talk AI they're usually focusing on some facet, led astray by casual marketing speak about "dynamic" worlds and "unpredictable" combat. AI is much bigger than that, embracing everything from soundtracks that dog your movements to cutaway killshot sequences, and if next generation consoles prove as powerful as rumoured, it could be bigger still."
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As I see it "skynet" or some sort of assisting AI system will gain a "self consiousness" first.
I think that HIGH LEVEL AI Units be computers or robots at some point in the future should only be allowed if they are properly closed systems that arent able to wire or connect with other things.
And that configuration and extensive programming and updates should be done on that system or brought to it with offline storage mediums that later is cleared of all data, before its put back into a computer.
So some sort of HDD or discs would be ideal, a powerful magnet or offline system that automatically erases/overwrites multiple times will do. just to be sure the AI wont spread or do something funny somwhere else. a ROM storage device should work too(Read Only Memory) but I think it would be a waste of resources and money.
I doubt that would be true, there are companies and scientific institutes out there, Honda being one of them that are working on human like AI in the field of robotics. I would like to assume that this is where the peak of AI technology will always be found.
As for videos games, I can only speculate that the extent of AI will always be developed to be good enough for the required situation. Not something we would recognise as true AI as portrayed in Hollywood movies.
I'm just wondering, but if next Gen consoles ask $800 for a system w specs that are similar to contemporary PC, why would anyone drop so much on a console. I am seriously considering the switch, unless Sony and Microsoft can convince me otherwise. What kind of PC could i get for the price of two next Gen consoles?
Ray Tracing rumors I am uncertain about. Open RL could exist on PC and at least one of the next generation consoles. As Imagination Tech plans on possibly releasing a high end graphics card on the PC Desktop market with DirectX 11, OpenGL 4, OpenCL, and Open RL, and few other APIs in 2012.
Another title fishing for hits.
As for the title, the Xbox will not improve AI, that will be down to a developer unless the nextbox itself becomes self aware (Hope they don't call it the Skynet). Before you start screaming troll I should mention that I am predominantly a console gamer and yes, I would say exactly the same about the Playstation.
Yes, I am aware that the article doesn't make the claim that the title does, that's what my comment was based on.
Do I have a chip on my shoulder? No, I was merely making an educated observational comment. Clearly the fact you were offended by it suggests that the aforementioned chip could well be nestling on your own shoulder.
Happy to - if you want intelligent artificial intelligence, the safest approach is to hire intelligent designers. At base, AI is about modelling and responding to human behaviour. Roomier RAM buffers and the capacity to handle thousands of simultaneous calculations help, but that's all very much of a muchness if you don't know what makes people tick.
As regards the title - of course the implication isn't that the next Xbox will, in and of itself, spearhead the next generation of AI. Don't be so desperately literal-minded.
Would you like some salt on your fish and chips?
Yes, memory has a lot to do with AI but what does it take to crunch the numbers involved?
I'll take your salt and raise you the vinegar.