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Old Oct 9, 2003, 12:50 am   #16 (permalink) (top)
Impenitent
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have you heard of the Turing test? can an abacus play chess? have you ever heard of a chat bot? have you ever "talked" to a computer? billing or banking via computer? consciousness and self awareness? how do you know that others are self aware? ask them? there is far more to modern computers and programs than counting beans to be sure...


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