AI WINTER IS OFFICIALLY OVER

Move the fuck over Mentifex, AI hobbyist are raising money to attempt the most ambitious project ever create, the simulation of an entire worm.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/openworm/openworm-a-digital-organism-in-your-browser?ref=category
This project is simulating an entire 302 neurons and for only $249 you -- yes YOU -- can have your name assigned to one!

Don't think this is some fly-by-night bullshit scam aiming to make $120,000 and get out quick either, there are a full nine people on this project ready to make it a success. No niggers on it though.

And as a statement to the sheer complexity of this feat,

building a WormSim from source is a complex operation that requires advanced engineering skills

That's right, [u][b]advanced engineering skills[/b][/u] just to [i]run `./configure && make && make install' That must be one fucking monster of a project. Luck for you retards

The WormSims created and brought to you by this campaign will run on a rather advanced cloud infrastructure and will be easily available in your browser without requiring any programming skills.

How magnanimous.

But is it really intelligent? YES[i]![/i]

The C. elegans worm can avoid predators, seek food, and learn in the wild and in the lab! So yes, it’s no Lieutenant Commander Data yet, but we must crawl before we can walk... and it’s orders of magnitude more intelligent than your robot vacuum cleaner ;)

Beam me the fuck up, Scotty, cuz' this worm is about to assfuck the entire Earth. Singularity, here we cum!

Linda gives scamming master classes:
http://lindaliukas.tumblr.com/post/77372344314/my-childrens-book-on-technology-raised-100k-within-24
Not all projects are ideal for a crowdfunding campaign. Running a successful campaign is partly luck, but mostly it’s just hard work and dedication.

Offering something that is finite and concrete helps to convince your backers that the project will happen. Offering something that taps into a bigger theme enables your backers to dream with you. Telling the story around these two is the trick.

Kickstarter works best when you understand either the existing or potential community around your project. Kickstarter is the last step, not the first.

For me, the community for Hello Ruby was Rails Girls. I co-founded Rails Girls, the grassroots movement to encourage young women to get excited about coding, without the faintest idea about the role it would end up playing.

Three years, 160 cities and innumerable discussions later I have a pretty good understanding of what type of people get excited about Hello Ruby. I spoke to everyone about her adventures, gave talks and published drawings. I started a blogwhere I documented how I was learning drawing. I forced myself to practice daily by making a public Christmas calendar. I started an e-mail list for people who wanted to be notified about the progress with the book.

Practical steps:
- Start a blog where you share progress on your project. This will hold you accountable and let people know what you’re working on.
- Talk about your project. Whether it’s a conference, meetup or just a friends gathering, forcing yourself to write down your project and talk about it in public
- Start an e-mailing list. You don’t need to use it prior to the Kickstarter, but gathering email addresses from interested people is very valuable once your campaign starts.