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ecib  ·  4264 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Help building a curriculum on Narrative and Artificial Intelligence

I think The Last Question by Asimov is a great reading amonst many to show the student just how "big" you can think on this topic, taking it far beyond machine's convergence with man. Might not be the greatest fit based on the first draft of the syllabus though, as the AI in the tale doesn't realize emotional qualities or human form, really. Depends on how much you want to focus on those themes. It's been posted on Hubski a couple times now as I recall.

http://www.thrivenotes.com/the-last-question/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Question