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

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Thu Aug 30 2001 - 08:06:03 MDT


Anders Sandberg wrote:
>
> > 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?

Or about the human...



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