U.S. Army Seeks To Test Virtual Soldier A.I. in WoW

[Amnestic]

An AI that can pass the Turing test, eh? Good luck to them (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test)

Now, that's cool, them working on a robot that can pass the Turing Test. However, if they wanted to test the AI on World Of Warcraft, wouldn't it go against the EULA, a la the Glider bot ?... Double standards much.

I assume they would get permission from Blizzard.

 

[AlphaWolf13]

This scares me...
Plus how do you get drunk online with AI?

 

[ckeymel]

Well, a couple of years ago, AI was walking. A university in America tested a learning AI by placing it inside a machine that was basically just a pair of legs and no programming, and the damn thing was walking within the hour.

Sounds like our babies are falling behind on the evolutionary ladder!

 

[stompy]

I assume they would get permission from Blizzard.

That's obvious. However, wouldn't it mean that Blizzard has double standards, or is it allowable for companies to alter their EULA to suit their needs...?

 

[Brett Alex]

Here's a headline I want to see: "Army Killbot Prototype Gets Gang-Ganked in WoW".

-- Steve

I'd prefer: "Army Killbot Prototype Becomes WoW's Biggest Ninja-Looter"

 

[dijital101]

We have seen the enemy and it is.....13 year olds with horrible grammar.

 

[Amnestic]

I assume they would get permission from Blizzard.

That's obvious. However, wouldn't it mean that Blizzard has double standards, or is it allowable for companies to alter their EULA to suit their needs...?

It's their EULA, they can do what they want. All they'd need to do is just add in one little extra one-two line clause in it somewhere and put up a new set of Agree/Disagree screens when the players next boot up WoW. It'd get picked up on within a week or so, but there's really not much people would do about it. Either stop playing WoW or simply agree to their terms.

Or play on a private server I guess ;/

 

[stompy]

It's their EULA, they can do what they want. All they'd need to do is just add in one little extra one-two line clause in it somewhere and put up a new set of Agree/Disagree screens when the players next boot up WoW. It'd get picked up on within a week or so, but there's really not much people would do about it. Either stop playing WoW or simply agree to their terms.

Or play on a private server I guess ;/

Note to self: don't...play...Blizzard...games. Meh, that won't be too hard.

 

[Cyberjester]

Can blizzard ban the AI? If not, can the A.I. Become the biggest asshole in the game and kill low lvl's all day.

So that's where Southpark got it's inspiration from..

unfortunately, they'll end up with an AI that has no friends, teabags it's enemies, talks about 'Ganking' and spends all it's time on a computer. plus, it calls the enemy noobs. I'd go for memory erasal. that'd be cool

And now, we bring you a transcript of US army radio transmissions, circa 2039
Unit_1 Lol! ownage noobz!
Unit_2 ROFL
Unit_1 k, letz go gank those noobz. die lowbies!!!
Uint_2 Lol! lvl 7o gear

Ha ha ha ha ha!
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/91275-U-S-Army-Tests-Flying-Sniper-Rifle
I can picture it now..

Unit_1 Boom! HS
Unit_2 Pffft, that took ages
Unit_1 Just cause I pwn
Unit_2 N00b cannons ftw!
Unit_1 Lame
Unit_2 beats ur kdr

Wow, I don't think the military's been this into wierd/paranormal research like this since the Cold War. Pretty predictable, though. They start doing shit like this when they're either scared shitless or bored. I think we need another world war.

Nah, no world war for another 50 years. We should have cybernetic augmentations, hovercraft, laser rifles and mechs by then. Now THAT would be a fun war. If only for all the nerd parties held with obscure references to Star Wars, Star Trek, Dune and Smoke Jaguars.

An AI that can pass the Turing test, eh? Good luck to them (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test)

Actually, if reports are anything to go by, most dating sites are made up of scripted bots that are indistinguishable from a normal human. I'm betting that they've long since passed the Turing Test under specific circumstances, they just haven't developed a learning AI which can convince all people under all circumstances that it's human.

On topic, memory planting is an interesting one. And something I'd like. "Can you fly that thing" "Not yet"