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comment by alpha0
alpha0  ·  3604 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Stanford Symposium (2000) | Will Spiritual Robots Replace Humanity by 2100?

Thank you for that pull quote from Kevin Kelly. Minds given to hyperbole are susceptible to self-deception and ultimately incapable of true critical thinking.

Mr. Kelly: My calculare is not an "intelligence". Poor bot needs me to push its buttons before it 'reacts'. It is not 'other'. It is 'thing', 'construct', "mecha". We made it and certainly not in our own image given that contemplation of our own image brings our minds to its knees ..