Author: ShaktiFire
Date: 14:19:41 05/20/00
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On May 20, 2000 at 16:51:26, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >Hello, my name is Samuel B. Luddite and I disagree with the participation of >computers in national and international tournaments. It is a well known fact >that computers have no soul and , like the animals are just things. They insult >us highly refined elite individuals with their presence at our events. > >I will not play in anybody's sandbox if I can't have it my way. So there! > > > >Pretty funny stuff, but sadly, it is the way our world operates on all levels. > > >Tim Frohlick Actually the luddites will be appreciated by more and more people. Crazy mathematician hermit unabomber plays role of prophet in the wilderness. Computer dude Bill Joy sees issues. Inventor, software extraordinaire Ray Kurzweil and CMU robotist Hans Moravec in separate books published in past year claim strong AI for computers in 30 yrs, surpassing humans... Actually the machines have no soul,,, but the scientific trend seems to indicate we don't either.
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