>>> (Artificially Intelligent Cybernetic Systems),
>>
>>Wow. Impressive name. Betch'a they did not live up to it.
>
> I like the idea of artifical stupids.
The natural ones are quite bad enough!
But seriously, look at the way robots are portrayed in Clifford Simak's novels -
good at getting jobs done, and even at making decisions, but not good on
creativity. I suspect the first truly thinking AI will be a bit like that...
> Anybody else ever read the sci fi book Tik Tok?
Sladek, isn't it? I've read it, but I didn't enjoy it much. Too much
gratuitous violence, and robots too human physically.
Philip.
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