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>From: kevin@weller.UUCP (Kevin Weller)
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Subject: Re: Man vs. Machine?
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Date: 6 Dec 91 06:20:38 GMT
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In article <Yp4.IpvQB4k@catzen.GUN.de> scot@catzen.GUN.de writes:
]Add to this that machines do not have the inbuilt drive to preserve the
]'species' or rather gene identity that all biological systems have - 
]unless we are stupid enough to give them one. 
]
] . . .
]
]I doubt very much that intelligent machines will just be a machine copy
]of humans with all of the human emotional attributes - the 'interface'
]or part that humans will deal with will obviously have to be able
]to simulate and cope and understand human emotions just for communication
]reasons. But why give them self-preservation and all of that?

It may not be possible to build a working, intelligent machine without some
sense of self-preservation, *especially* if we expect it to communicate with
us in a human fashion.  The jury's out on this one, though, and may not be
back in for many years.

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