Autosophy Failure-Proof Multimedia Archiving
Replacing old Shannon archiving
with Autosophy archiving
Authors: Klaus Holtz, Eric Holtz, Diana Kalienky.
Published / Presented at: IS&T Archiving Conference, Archiving 2004, April 20 – 23, 2004, The Hyatt Regency Hotel, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Level: Expert
Abstract: Large multimedia archives may be built according to the Autosophy information theory rather than according to the conventional Shannon information theory. This may result in brain-like self-learning archives with virtually failure-proof operations. Future archives must provide virtually unlimited storage capacities for any multimedia data including live video, live sound, still images, text, and random bit files. Database access, including remote Internet access, should use automatic indexing and eventually communicate with us in grammatical languages. The archives may eventually migrate into mobile robots. This would require small memory size, low power consumption, and virtually absolute reliability. A universal 64bit data format could be used to make all future archiving and communications compatible. The memory for the future archives may be a roll of thin stainless steel foil, with printed Poly-Silicon Thin Film Transistors, about the size of a roll of toilet paper. Two memory spools may be configured as a pair to assure virtually failure proof operations including self-checking, self-repair, and self-cloning. Both the theoretical knowledge and the required hardware are now becoming available for building the brain-like archives of the future. From there it may be only small steps towards intelligent robots and eventually to true Artificial Intelligence.
Keywords: Autosophy, Information Theory, Data compression, Internet Video, Archiving, Multimedia Databases, Thin Film Memories, Thin Film Transistors
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