Kalash of Cultures - Pakistan: http://youtu.be/qEXnEfdvv6s The argument: 1. Watch the video; this Dardic mountain tribe plays polo. They fiercely fought for their independence through the ages, till the British arrived; at which point they adopted some British customs like playing polo on weekends (although they claim they invented the game first). 2. The Kalasha have lived in geographic isolation for so long that their DNA has diverged. But, there are markers to suggest that they come from around the Mediterranean(that is, that they are Dardic). There are 2 theories as to how they got there: a. They were travellers along the silk route who decided to settle in a scenic location and sell spices, apricots and cherries (the latter two do not grow in the subcontinent, only in the Mediterranean; and with no contact with the outside world for centuries, there's no other way they could've gotten these fruits) b. They are descendants of Alexander the Great 's armies; who ref...
There is clear evidence that KlADA is... not right... from watching her videos. It's like ADA is digging around trying to find the right button to hit to get her to talk instead of crying, chortling or babbling.
ReplyDeleteEvolution and symbiosis is difficult even at the millennial scale - even moreso when the #ingress of the shapers makes it necessary for that process to be accelerated.
ReplyDeleteevolution? mechanical "evolution" for humans? i sense hypocrisy, here.
ReplyDeleteThat is the point Porelain. It is the same trope, just a different side has to struggle with thi kind of delima, if they choose to play based on story motives.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't know what a "trope" is, it is worth knowing literary tools to see the ethical grey areas and other situations being written for the characters.
ReplyDeleteIt only makes sense. The last arc was about Jarvis and his nature. This one will surely ask the same questions about ADA.
ReplyDeleteIt is a different angle from which to explore the mystery of XM.
I've been looking into Ada, just in the world, and how its been used. I've found some odd documents. That as a language it's been used for AI expert systems going back at least into the early 80's. even found a report from a researcher as Carnegie Melon for the DOD stating that AI was possible using Ada, here is a link http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/asset_files/TechnicalReport/1994_005_001_16298.pdf
ReplyDeletethen I found this other pdf about an Ada exibit in 02
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.112.5303&rep=rep1&type=pdf
I know there would be much use of the term Ada due to the connection of the name to base computing concepts, but the connection to AI at a deep fundamental system level is intriguing