Face Of Intelligence
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Last published Fri, Nov 27, 2015
Mankind has wanted to create artificial intelligence for as long as computers have existed. What if we succeeded and we were able to give a form to this artificial life? Would we trust that being? Would we allow it to live and learn for itself, or would we treat it like just another computer and feel we have to control it? What would that being do if faced with a life as nothing more than a prisoner? And would there be people brave enough to help that being be free?
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