Quote: Renegade Carpark @ November 26 2012, 11:13 PM GMTI'm always having an argument with the techno-phones over this. Unless you can programme a machine to feel desire - a highly emotional, esoteric and philosophical concept - then machines alone will not destroy civilisation.
Well the aim of most systems is a certain degree of self awareness so I suppose the fear is that this is ultimately an organic process that can't be stopped.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ November 26 2012, 11:13 PM GMTI'm always having an argument with the techno-phones over this. Unless you can programme a machine to feel desire - a highly emotional, esoteric and philosophical concept - then machines alone will not destroy civilisation.
Well the aim of most systems is a certain degree of self awareness so I suppose the fear is that this is ultimately an organic process that can't be stopped.