Comments on: Anthill Metropolis Filled With Cement and Excavated (Video) http://www.thinkartificial.org/videos/anthill-metropolis-filled-with-cement-and-excavated-video/ Exploring the hi-tech artificial, virtual things we design Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:54:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: egc52556 http://www.thinkartificial.org/videos/anthill-metropolis-filled-with-cement-and-excavated-video/comment-page-1/#comment-51447 egc52556 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:18:24 +0000 http://www.thinkartificial.org/videos/anthill-metropolis-filled-with-cement-and-excavated-video/#comment-51447 The video now says that the colony was abandoned before the researchers poured the cement. No harm done. The video now says that the colony was abandoned before the researchers poured the cement. No harm done.

]]> By: Hrafn http://www.thinkartificial.org/videos/anthill-metropolis-filled-with-cement-and-excavated-video/comment-page-1/#comment-5548 Hrafn Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:40:47 +0000 http://www.thinkartificial.org/videos/anthill-metropolis-filled-with-cement-and-excavated-video/#comment-5548 Hey Yang! Great to hear that the article sparked an interest. It truly is amazing when we drop our anthropocentric perspective of the world. Hey Yang! Great to hear that the article sparked an interest. It truly is amazing when we drop our anthropocentric perspective of the world.

]]> By: yang yu http://www.thinkartificial.org/videos/anthill-metropolis-filled-with-cement-and-excavated-video/comment-page-1/#comment-5169 yang yu Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:34:55 +0000 http://www.thinkartificial.org/videos/anthill-metropolis-filled-with-cement-and-excavated-video/#comment-5169 it's been a while since i've wrote anything on this site, even though I've been keeping close watch. This article has sparked my interest once again in the sense that I find it incredible that such tiny creatures, collectively can manage to stay alive. my theory of creativity comes back is closely interconnected with nature and the theory of evolution. the purpose of life for these ants is to stay alive, to find ways to work together, to build and expand as a collective master mind implementing division of labor. I believe that with large numbers and time, any living thing in this world will evolve to accomplish whatever it takes in order to fullfill their needs, weather it's building sky scrapers, airplanes, or on a more personal level such as getting an education, and a good job. it’s been a while since i’ve wrote anything on this site, even though I’ve been keeping close watch. This article has sparked my interest once again in the sense that I find it incredible that such tiny creatures, collectively can manage to stay alive.

my theory of creativity comes back is closely interconnected with nature and the theory of evolution. the purpose of life for these ants is to stay alive, to find ways to work together, to build and expand as a collective master mind implementing division of labor.

I believe that with large numbers and time, any living thing in this world will evolve to accomplish whatever it takes in order to fullfill their needs, weather it’s building sky scrapers, airplanes, or on a more personal level such as getting an education, and a good job.

]]> By: Hrafn http://www.thinkartificial.org/videos/anthill-metropolis-filled-with-cement-and-excavated-video/comment-page-1/#comment-5121 Hrafn Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:43:21 +0000 http://www.thinkartificial.org/videos/anthill-metropolis-filled-with-cement-and-excavated-video/#comment-5121 Well. It would kind of depend on whether they have any sense of self-awareness, wouldn't it? (which, in terms of more advanced animals, they don't). If you're not aware that you exist and that you're an ant in a colony — do you mind that it's gone? We could try to look at it from the pain point, too: What does pain feel like if you're not aware that it's inflicting <strong>you</strong>? But even so, I agree it would've been smoother if they could've figured it out without the cement. In the future, Josh, we'll be able to simulate them instead. In the future. Well. It would kind of depend on whether they have any sense of self-awareness, wouldn’t it? (which, in terms of more advanced animals, they don’t). If you’re not aware that you exist and that you’re an ant in a colony — do you mind that it’s gone?

We could try to look at it from the pain point, too: What does pain feel like if you’re not aware that it’s inflicting you?

But even so, I agree it would’ve been smoother if they could’ve figured it out without the cement. In the future, Josh, we’ll be able to simulate them instead. In the future.

]]> By: Josh http://www.thinkartificial.org/videos/anthill-metropolis-filled-with-cement-and-excavated-video/comment-page-1/#comment-5120 Josh Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:19:05 +0000 http://www.thinkartificial.org/videos/anthill-metropolis-filled-with-cement-and-excavated-video/#comment-5120 That's pretty cool. My only real gripe with it is that.. well, kinda' sucks for the ant colony that did all the work, doesn't it? Don't get me wrong, I realize they're ants and most people don't worry too much about ants' rights, but it would've been cool if they could have figured out the layout of the tunnel system without killing the thousands (millions?) of ants down below. All that work just to have it filled up with cement. :) That’s pretty cool. My only real gripe with it is that.. well, kinda’ sucks for the ant colony that did all the work, doesn’t it? Don’t get me wrong, I realize they’re ants and most people don’t worry too much about ants’ rights, but it would’ve been cool if they could have figured out the layout of the tunnel system without killing the thousands (millions?) of ants down below. All that work just to have it filled up with cement. :)

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