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>From: simon@fsinfo.math.uni-sb.de (Julia Simon)
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Subject: Re: AI as the Next Stage in Evolution
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Date: 28 Nov 91 08:18:10 GMT
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> What do you think of the idea of intelligent machines as the next
> stage in evolution?

In fact Stanislaw Lem wrote some stories about robot civilizations where robots
regard themselves as "the next stage in evolution"; i.e. the next after man.

			Julia 8-)

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				Julia Simon

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