Re: [isml] Spielberg is terrified of 'intelligent computers' (fwd)

From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Thu Aug 30 2001 - 01:23:58 MDT


> Spielberg says: "I don't want to live the day when my laptop jumps off the
> table and walks through the house.
>
> "I want to say: Don't let it happen. It would be awful if one day a
> mechanical child or an artificial gigolo replaced a person of flesh and
> blood."

Well, another quote to add to the list of Spielberg conservatism.
Another statement he made (around the time of Jurassic Park, of
course) was "dinosaurs had their chance, so it is irresponsible to
bring them back". I wonder if he would really claim it about the dodo?

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