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From: logan@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Logan Shaw)
Subject: Re: definitions of `Strong AI'
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In article <39vk6e$2m3@toves.cs.city.ac.uk> jampel@cs.city.ac.uk (Michael Jampel) writes:
> Should we spend 10 billion on putting a man on Mars, or on building a
> truly intelligent machine?

I think we should spend 20 billion on putting a truly intelligent machine
on Mars.  (That way, if it decides to take over the planet, No Big Deal.)

  - Logan
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Logan Shaw, Unix System Administrator
"Everything is a struggle in Unix"  -Dave Keenan
