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Quantum and DNA computers; Anything faster
Topic Started: Dec 20 2005, 03:59 AM (571 Views)
dbzlotrfan
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Does anyone think that there could be another type of computer faster than a quantum computer or a DNA computer? That would be nice if there was a (type) of computer faster than Quantum Computers (&) DNA.
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Always. The room for improvement will exist permanently.
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Sirin
December 20, 2005 05:43 PM
Always. The room for improvement will exist permanently.

Agreed.

In a bazillion years, we'll be looking back and saying, "Quantum and DNA computers? Ha, they're so slow, what about our 30THz Processors and our 20YB of RAM?"

And we'll also be saying, "whoa, isn't it cool how we aren't dead yet?"
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I do think that sometime in the future we will have extremely, extremely powerfull computers. Maybe not faster then one of those but close.

Maybe even a computer that thinks for it self. :drool:
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December 20, 2005 04:57 PM
Maybe even a computer that thinks for it self. :drool:

According to scientists in the earlier 1800's who experiment with the first computers, these mechanical devices will never think for themselves. And more than 200 years later they are still correct. It's only silicon and metal...or...right now it is. :ermm:

But hey, I'm sure there will be faster computers, someones always going to come up with something to improve the technology world.
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December 20, 2005 05:04 PM
Spirix
December 20, 2005 04:57 PM
Maybe even a computer that thinks for it self.  :drool:

According to scientists in the earlier 1800's who experiment with the first computers, these mechanical devices will never think for themselves. And more than 200 years later they are still correct. It's only silicon and metal...or...right now it is. :ermm:

But hey, I'm sure there will be faster computers, someones always going to come up with something to improve the technology world.

well computers do "think" for them selfs. its still in its early stages and not used a lot yet....well I can take that back too take weather for example a computer can/is used a lot when predicting storm paths. its still thinking for its self with the information given to it by the user and the program where then is processes the data, elimats all non possibiltys and cames up with the way it probilty will happen.
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December 20, 2005 05:04 PM
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December 20, 2005 04:57 PM
Maybe even a computer that thinks for it self.  :drool:

According to scientists in the earlier 1800's who experiment with the first computers, these mechanical devices will never think for themselves. And more than 200 years later they are still correct. It's only silicon and metal...or...right now it is. :ermm:

But hey, I'm sure there will be faster computers, someones always going to come up with something to improve the technology world.

Well, I'm sure that scientists in the 1800's didn't know of or could have predicted the future of computers. In fact, I didn't even know there were any computers in the 1800's, unless you meant 1900's, which I'm sure you did.

Nevertheless, with the giant leaps in AI that have come around in the last decade or so I'm sure it's possible for computers in the way future to actually start thinking for themselves or at least come close to something like that. For instance, something to the effect of iRobot, where they were capable of extremely lifelike abilities.
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Aaron S
December 20, 2005 04:41 PM
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December 20, 2005 04:57 PM
Maybe even a computer that thinks for it self.  :drool:

According to scientists in the earlier 1800's who experiment with the first computers, these mechanical devices will never think for themselves. And more than 200 years later they are still correct. It's only silicon and metal...or...right now it is. :ermm:

But hey, I'm sure there will be faster computers, someones always going to come up with something to improve the technology world.

well computers do "think" for them selfs. its still in its early stages and not used a lot yet....well I can take that back too take weather for example a computer can/is used a lot when predicting storm paths. its still thinking for its self with the information given to it by the user and the program where then is processes the data, elimats all non possibiltys and cames up with the way it probilty will happen.

But unless a breakthrough technique/chip/software/program/whatever is created, computers will always be limited. I mean, even if you program a computer with a billion ways to do anything, there will always be at least one way that you can do it and it is not in the computer.
I am looking forward to the days where Quantum computers are in bargin bins. :eh:
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December 20, 2005 05:58 PM
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December 20, 2005 05:04 PM
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December 20, 2005 04:57 PM
Maybe even a computer that thinks for it self.  :drool:

According to scientists in the earlier 1800's who experiment with the first computers, these mechanical devices will never think for themselves. And more than 200 years later they are still correct. It's only silicon and metal...or...right now it is. :ermm:

But hey, I'm sure there will be faster computers, someones always going to come up with something to improve the technology world.

Well, I'm sure that scientists in the 1800's didn't know of or could have predicted the future of computers. In fact, I didn't even know there were any computers in the 1800's, unless you meant 1900's, which I'm sure you did.

Nevertheless, with the giant leaps in AI that have come around in the last decade or so I'm sure it's possible for computers in the way future to actually start thinking for themselves or at least come close to something like that. For instance, something to the effect of iRobot, where they were capable of extremely lifelike abilities.

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The end of the Middle Ages saw a reinvigoration of European mathematics and engineering, and by the early 17th century a succession of mechanical calculating devices had been constructed using clockwork technology
so in the 1600's computers started to show up the project I did in 8th grade said it was the 1800's so yeah.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer
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December 20, 2005 06:02 PM
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The end of the Middle Ages saw a reinvigoration of European mathematics and engineering, and by the early 17th century a succession of mechanical calculating devices had been constructed using clockwork technology
so in the 1600's computers started to show up the project I did in 8th grade said it was the 1800's so yeah.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer

Neato! Never did know that before. :geek: Thanks Aaron/his project :P

Does anyone think that it could be possible to somehow program a chip/device to mimic a humans brain or DNA so that it could learn an think by itself? I do! :yes: Or something of that sort?
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The end of the Middle Ages saw a reinvigoration of European mathematics and engineering, and by the early 17th century a succession of mechanical calculating devices had been constructed using clockwork technology
so in the 1600's computers started to show up the project I did in 8th grade said it was the 1800's so yeah.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer

Neato! Never did know that before. :geek: Thanks Aaron/his project :P

Does anyone think that it could be possible to somehow program a chip/device to mimic a humans brain or DNA so that it could learn an think by itself? I do! :yes: Or something of that sort?

Yeah.... Artificial Intelgents like what most games use now :yes: (FEAR Is a bad example of this since according to what I read and saw it was scripted. were games like Battlefield 2 use the AI I am talking about.)
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What you might be refering to is Godels Incompleteness Therom. Though I don't know the time.

Basiclly stated, there can be a free thinking computer, but as with all other free thinking beings, it cannot be perfect. This is summed up such by asking a "perfect computer" to admit that it is, at times, wrong. Either it will admit that it is wrong, and thus be correct in stating that it is failable (as it is perfect, anything it says is true). Or it will not admit that it can be wrong, thus proving somthing that it cannot do, making it imperfect.
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There (I think atlest) is a limit to everything. Like silicon computers acorrding to Morres (sp?) law transistors get smaller ever 18 months eventurally were going to get them to where they are a few atoms across and possibly a bit bigger than a nanometer {one billionth of a meter, smaller than the width of a human hair, if wondring}, possisbly smaller. I don't think I could see anything else being made but than (If I am correct) Quantum Computers won't even use silicon, transistors and some of the common computer parts today. It will use (frozen) light and some other things to get speeds higher than (all) of the super computers (silicon) today. Now that's fast.
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December 20, 2005 06:32 PM
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The end of the Middle Ages saw a reinvigoration of European mathematics and engineering, and by the early 17th century a succession of mechanical calculating devices had been constructed using clockwork technology
so in the 1600's computers started to show up the project I did in 8th grade said it was the 1800's so yeah.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer

Neato! Never did know that before. :geek: Thanks Aaron/his project :P

Does anyone think that it could be possible to somehow program a chip/device to mimic a humans brain or DNA so that it could learn an think by itself? I do! :yes: Or something of that sort?

Yeah.... Artificial Intelgents like what most games use now :yes: (FEAR Is a bad example of this since according to what I read and saw it was scripted. were games like Battlefield 2 use the AI I am talking about.)

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i didnt read this whole thread....but according to ray kurzweil, by the year 2020, computers will have the storage/processing power of a human brain for $1000.
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