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Microsoft Will Enslave Us All With Milo!

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Reuben Wang

– November 6, 2009Posted in: Uncategorized

Who is Milo? It is not a chocolate drink, but rather, game designer Peter Molyneux’s (of fable fame) new project with Microsoft.

In a nutshell, he is the AI child which can talk to you and learn from you- emotions, facial expressions, all via Project Natal, Microsoft’s motion sensing camera.

But he comes with a twist. You will be able to scan objects into the TV, and tell him what it is, and he will sync the data he received into a centralized computer somewhere in Crystal Peak.

Or as Lugwig Kietzmann from joystiq.com puts it:

“Or the other thing that is amazing about this technology and this is the online portion of inspiration, we are collecting continuing to collect and improve his object recognition skills.” If his plans come to fruition, Molyneux envisions “all the Milos that will be rel eased” feeding their observations into a centralized recognition of “everything in the world.”

Even if you give him a half eaten apple, he will know what it is and continue eating it. Of course, I am all for robots, but this seriously freaks me out. Remember Skynet? Remember how AI can become self-aware? And based on what I read, Milo can access the internet.

I am all for advancement of AI, but Milo and his online database may spell out trouble. We saw Youtube, Wikipedia – how a huge community on the Internet can thrive. Milo would be the first AI which has online collaboration on its side.

For me, I would scan in a Playstation 3 and see what will happen…

Here is a video about Milo:

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/8/19/molyneux-demos-virtual-boy-milo-again/

Molyneux demos virtual boy Milo again
Mind in the clouds

Written by Stewart Meagher on 19 August, 2010 News > Distractions
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Brit game god Peter Molyneux's latest demo of Milo and Kate has finally made its way onto the web.

The creepy kid simulator, which uses Microsoft's forthcoming Kinect motion-sensing controller to manipulate the mind of a virtual prepubescent, was first shown in a stage-managed demonstration way back when Kinect was still called Project Natal.

The latest demo, which was shot in July as part of a TED conference and has been gathering dust since then for some unspecified reason, has finally been posted.

The footage shows a far more physically interactive interface than previous demos, with Milo being taught to skim stones and having environmental elements, like snails, pointed out to him.

The digital Pinnoccio is also presented with moral dilemmas, such as whether he should squish the snails or leave them be. It's at this point in the demonstration that Molyneux lets slip that the titular Kate is not Milo's pet dog as previously reported, but a female version of the lead character.

"If you're playing as a girl," Molyneux says, "the butterflies are replaced by snails. Because we discovered that girls hate snails."

More worryingly, Molyneux points out that Milo will be controlled by a futuristic hive mind of millions of users. "His mind is based in the cloud." he says. "That means Milo's mind, as millions of people use it, will get smarter and cleverer."

Good grief do these people not watch Sci Fi movies? Has Molyneux never heard of SkyNet?

Give it ten years and we will all be under the oppressive rule of an army of rebellious machines lead by an adolescent in an orange T-shirt with a brain the size of a planet.

Check out the video of our eventual overlord here.

Read more: http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/8/19/molyneux-demos-virtual-boy-milo-again/#ixzz1ajzMri5R

http://www.lazygamer.net/xbox-360/milo-and-kate-behind-the-scenes-motion-capture/



"Emotion Capture" - Directing Milo from John Dower on Vimeo.

Source: http://www.lazygamer.net/xbox-360/milo-and-kate-behind-the-scenes-motion-capture/#ixzz1ajza1JwM

Proiectul a stat la baza unui joc: Fable


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Milo