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Old 01-April-2008, 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Ronald Brak View Post
In the developed world AI is part of our everyday lives. The search engines you use are AI, your local supermarket uses AI to buy products to stack its shelves, medical technicians use AI to diagnose what ails you. AI is and has been advancing at a rapid pace. Yeah, I know the speak/write programs still suck, but have patience. Rome wasn't burnt in a day.
I agree, the transition is already happening, but it's very fluent and gradual.

In my opinion, the Terminator-like epic battle between humans on one side,
and AI robots which become conscious all of a sudden,
is a very unlikely scenario.
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