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Name our Overlord

Who names whom?
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(HLI is an abbreviation [mine, as far as I know] for Human-Level Intelligence)

As we approach a moment in human history where computational power may soon exhibit simulated self-awareness, I propose that we decide now on a moniker by which we will refer to the first A.I. Something simple, likely two syllables. Not too gender specific, and not too pedestrian. Something that sounds like a name, but doesn't carry any intrinsic meaning in the language of its' origin.

Obvious entries to skip are Google, SkyNet, Siri, Penis, XKCD, and Bob.

I imagine several approaches to ascertaining this name. Either write a bit of software to churn out all the possibly pronounceable combinations of 2-to-8 letter, duosyllabic words and sift through the results via HLI. Or, poll a full half of the world's population and sift through those results for common entries. Maybe put all the world's linguists together in a room and have them linguistically sort it. Or perhaps, let the A.I. name itself, which is exactly the opposite of the idea that I propose.

absterge, Oct 17 2015

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       Who says we'd get to name it?   

       "What's your dog's name?"
"He wouldn't tell us, so we just call him Rex."
MaxwellBuchanan, Oct 17 2015
  

       Kerrigan? Unity? ...   

       // write a bit of software to churn out all the possibly pronounceable combinations of 2-to-8 letter, duosyllabic words //   

       That would produce all of the names of G-d, triggering the end of the world per that one science fiction story.
sninctown, Oct 17 2015
  

       Digit.   

       The Borg.   

       // that one science fiction story //   

       "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke.
8th of 7, Oct 17 2015
  

       OilE or Alectricity
wjt, Oct 17 2015
  

       Clippy.
Loris, Oct 17 2015
  

       { 00200f13 -6de5 -4481 -9f5c -3654b1 54610a }
pashute, Oct 17 2015
  

       Yes, yes, of course. Also, Sith, Pew-Pew, Shodan, and 2001. *sigh*...   

       [pashute], that IDentifier may be Globally Unique, but I'm having a hard time fitting it to two or three syllables. (are you humorously referring to something specific, or did you make that up randomly?)
absterge, Oct 17 2015
  

       ...or Artie.   

       Dennis.
tatterdemalion, Oct 17 2015
  

       Bob gets my vote. Anyway, back at the question of souls....
not_morrison_rm, Oct 17 2015
  

       Xor
4and20, Oct 18 2015
  

       Au Scan
AusCan531, Oct 18 2015
  

       ^ We saw what you did there. Stop it.
8th of 7, Oct 18 2015
  

       Colin.
MaxwellBuchanan, Oct 18 2015
  

       List
po, Oct 18 2015
  

       gr. "Who names whom?"
pertinax, Oct 18 2015
  

       I prefer to go by Rayford, thanks.   

       Or sometimes Cthulhu.   

       May I introduce my wife, GlaDOS?
RayfordSteele, Oct 18 2015
  

       Moniker D. Generator
xandram, Oct 19 2015
  

       Bow wow.
blissmiss, Oct 19 2015
  

       Upvote for not_morrison_rm.
DrBob, Oct 19 2015
  

       Yep. Anything but him...
RayfordSteele, Oct 20 2015
  

       //Au Scan//   

       At least we could then pretend it was invented by somebody French
Gordon Comstock, Oct 21 2015
  

       Apologies, [pertinax], my error was clear to me the moment you mentioned it.   

       I guess 'Bob' is as good as anything else, really. How many Roberts' friends will we legitimately confuse this way?
absterge, Oct 21 2015
  

       None, because he doesn't have any.
8th of 7, Oct 21 2015
  

       Can we dress it up in a Kimono and call him Associate Bob?
RayfordSteele, Oct 21 2015
  


 

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