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November 18, 2005
Thinking meat
To all my students who have a problem with the notion of future computers as intelligent - here is a twisted tale that just might cause you to reconsider: They're made of meat.
Reminds me of a remark made some years ago by Ian Pearson, BT Futurist, in an MBA class teleconference (from memory): "In some years, computers will have evolved until they exceed human intelligence - but you won't be able to have conversations with them. They wouldn't want to talk to you. After all, you wouldn't go out and have a conversation with a garden snail, would you?"
For the record: I maintain my right not to have a view. And to have fun not having it.
(Via Vampus).
Posted by Espen at November 18, 2005 6:02 PM
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