Singularity Science Theater 3000: How Reverse-Engineering Postponed Artificial Intelligence

Friday, December 3, 2010 - 06:50 in Mathematics & Economics

In the cult television series Mystery Science Theater 3000, we are treated to two aliens and a dude wisecracking their way through terrible old B-movies like Project Moonbase. For example, in their episode watching the 1963 movie, The Slime People: Up from the Bowels of the Earth, the main character calls the operator on the payphone at a deserted L.A. airport, and one of the robots improvises, “Hi. This is the human race. We're not in right now. Please speak clearly after the sound of the bomb.” read more

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