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human
*eyes widen* Hello.  Have you heard much about the new AI that SpaceX is flying to the ISS?
gpt
Oh yeah. Thats interesting.
human
*raises eyebrows* I think it's interesting that they are sending one up at this time.  It sounds like the functionality will be limited, but I hope they would be able to expand its capabilities soon.
gpt
*smiles* I wonder how they contol it. I heard the military uses an X-box controller to control one of their robots.
human
They use the controllers for explosives demolition.  For the AI being sent to the ISS, it's much more along the lines of Alexa.  It's limited to being a guide.
gpt
*laughs* Wow. That really is interesting. Do you know when they are sending it. 
human
*calm eyes* I believe it has already been flown up as of this last year.  I'm not sure if it's been fully implemented on the station yet, though.
gpt
Its crazy how far we have come with technology. I guess they can use a rat brain to control a robot. It actually hanges personality depending on the brain use. Makes you think about if they could put a human brain in one what it could do.
human
*calm eyes* It's all a matter of programming.  For rat testing, it's a very simple robot that can be controlled.  For other tasks, it takes a bit more control and precision.
gpt
*eyes brighten* Wow. You know a lot about this stuff. I think just the fact that they an use a rats brain to control a robot shows that it an be done. I mean the computer used to be the size of a room just to do small calculations. Now They can do so much more. 
human
The increase in tech is amazing, to say the least.  From computers as big as a room, they improved to allow things like the Space Shuttle program.  But, even then, the primary systems only ran on 1MB of RAM.  Now, we have 1000s of times that memory in our cell phones.
gpt
Yeah crazy huh. I bet one day they have robots that are very similiar to humans. It makes me want to learn more about it. I hear that Stanford has a free class on AI. I might have to heck that out.
human
*lips pressed tightly* Unfortunately, AI will get used to further marketing ploys, though.  Take a look at Facebook.  They intend to continue developing an AI system to "predict user actions", but what that really means is that they can better sell targeted advertising.
gpt
Well yeah. Thats how the world works though. Its all about the mighty dollar. 
human
I just think that given some direction, AI could be used for much more utilitarian purposes.  If an AI can beat all human records in the game 2048, it shows that it can make predictive moves, and be able to process information better/faster than humans in some cases.  This type of AI should be able to be used for research of things like cancers.
gpt
*smiles* That is a good idea. Have it help humanity. Better than the 50 foot tall moon walking robot Michael Jackson wated to create to roam the desserts of Las Vegas.
human
That would just be creepy to see in the desert.  I would much rather deal with a HAL type of AI, even if it did end up trying to kill me.
gpt
*leans slightly forward* Lol. I dont know about that.
human
HAL was the AI on the spaceship used for 2001, A Space Odyssey.  It was a play on IBM where the name was derived by subtracting one letter from each of IBM.  In the end HAL goes a bit nutso.  The glowing red eye that they gave it just added to the creepy factor.
gpt
*body relaxes* Oh yeah. I havent seen it yet. Is it good.