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Maybe Microsoft will be the first company taken over by a computer

Scott — 11/19/2002 5:06:00 PM (archived)

Then the question will arize...Is it the hardware or the software that is truely in control?

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We're there: 100 Teraflops Supercomputer could simulate human brain - Success_Machine - 11/19/2002 12:24:37 PM
- I have philosophical questions to ask. - Jacob Samorodin - 11/19/2002 2:45:14 PM
  - Turing test - Gary - 11/19/2002 5:14:11 PM
    - Re: Turing test - SM - 11/20/2002 3:20:49 PM
      - Usenet and Turing test - Gary - 11/20/2002 4:53:16 PM
        
        USENET, The Habitable Zone, and Nuts - Alex R. Blackwell - 11/20/2002 6:22:21 PM
        
        Re: Aha !!! A way for computers to mimic human responses. - SM - 11/20/2002 3:13:32 PM
        
        Re: Call it "Context elaboration through metaphor" nt - SM - 11/20/2002 3:19:41 PM
  - Re: Survival is the ultimate philosophy - SM - 11/19/2002 5:00:05 PM
  - Gotta disagree - alcaray - 11/19/2002 4:52:56 PM
    - There is some debate about what constitutes artificial intelligence. - Larry J - 11/19/2002 5:06:10 PM
      - Absolutely! It is a work in progress. - alcaray - 11/19/2002 6:50:49 PM
  - Re: Life - Raoul - 11/19/2002 4:48:04 PM
- Re: the subject heading should have been... - Success_Machine - 11/19/2002 12:32:23 PM
  - Maybe Microsoft will be the first company taken over by a computer - Scott - 11/19/2002 5:06:00 PM
  - Pass the Hatchet... n/t (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 11/19/2002 1:51:49 PM

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