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Scott Adams – “When We Evolve Into Robots”

Written on December 25, 2008

I’ve often thought that Scott Adams was America’s answer to Douglas Adams (same last name, coincidence?) and I think that this proves it. Click to read the full blog post.

Suppose we transfer a dying guy’s brain into a computer, and that computer passes the Turing Test, thus demonstrating genuine intelligence. For all practical purposes it might have the same personality as the human brain that went into it. If you had a conversation with it, I can imagine it expressing a desire to live and even procreate.

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  1. Comment by Kapelusz Cappello:

    I’ve been told by reliable sources that Alan Turing had a life long obsession with hat collecting.

    July 28, 2009 @ 8:08 am

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