Unless we accept the idea of a "soul", we must operate under the concept
that our wetware is the sum of our mind. Given this, any operating
system that cannot be distinguished from an intelligent being must be
considered an intelligent being. What people object to is the idea that
a couple gigs of programming whipped up by kids too young to shave can
be compared to what nature has taken billions of years of evolution to
attain. Religious (monotheistic types) people rightly fear AI
technology. If it becomes easy for Dennis the Menace to create an
intelligent race, Jerry Fallwell's monopolistic god's trust has been
busted. Religious libertarianism anyone? Homegrown nukes are nuthin
compared to being able to create and destroy whole races and ecologies
for a power trip.
-- TANSTAAFL!!!Michael Lorrey ------------------------------------------------------------ President retroman@tpk.net Northstar Technologies Agent Lorrey@ThePentagon.com Inventor of the Lorrey Drive Silo_1013@ThePentagon.com
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