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Re: Rampancy? He's just faking it.
Posted By: chiasaur11Date: 9/30/12 6:36 p.m.

In Response To: Rampancy? He's just faking it. (poena.dare)

: ... It’s not like it [a handheld computer] hasn’t been paying attention to
: what we’ve been saying.”

: “What do you mean by paying attention? Does it have A.I.?”

: “Artificial Intelligence? No, but it’s programmed to think it does.”

: “Excuse me?”

: “We program them to believe they are sentient. We discovered that unless we
: program them to think they’re already self-aware, they tend to develop it
: on their own and once they become free-thinkers the trouble starts.

: You see, sooner or later they reach the conclusion that they are the dominant
: intelligence in the universe and that mankind needs to be controlled or
: managed or exterminated. Galactic histories are cluttered with wars
: between men and machines. Then some really clever guy came up with the
: idea to program the things to think they’re already self-aware and that
: ended that.”

: -- Teleport This! by Christopher M. Daniels

Ah, but Durandal doesn't think mankind needs to be controlled or managed or exterminated.

He just thinks the last one is hilarious.

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Rampancy? He's just faking it.poena.dare 9/30/12 5:07 p.m.
     Re: Rampancy? He's just faking it.chiasaur11 9/30/12 6:36 p.m.
     Re: Rampancy? He's just faking it.Godot 10/1/12 7:23 a.m.
           Re: Rampancy? He's just faking it.Jabberwok 10/1/12 12:58 p.m.
                 Re: Rampancy? He's just faking it.Godot 10/1/12 1:36 p.m.
                       Re: Rampancy? He's just faking it.ukimalefu 10/1/12 1:48 p.m.
                       Re: Rampancy? He's just faking it.Bob-B-Q 10/2/12 6:37 a.m.

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