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>From: exukjb@exu.ericsson.se (ken bell)
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Subject: Re: What do I do with it?
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Date: 6 Sep 92 01:11:00 GMT
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In article <1992Sep4.001558.18246@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca> tony@nexus.yorku.ca (Anthony Wallis) writes:
>From: tony@nexus.yorku.ca (Anthony Wallis)
>Subject: Re: What do I do with it?
>Date: 4 Sep 92 00:15:58 GMT

>Henry Choy wonders:
>> Let's say I want to build an intelligent machine. What's it to be
>> used for? Can this machine out its role in the universe?

>If we can build one truly intelligent machine, then in principle we
>can build a very large number of them. (Recall that the only numbers
>of interest to theoretical computer scientists are zero, one and
>infinity.)  With just a wee bit of randomization we can give them
>differing biases/prejudices/bigotries.  We can then set them arguing
>against (and "killing") each other: very large scale genetic algorithmics.

>As well as confounding immensely such issues as God and qualia,
>they could also, as a minor sub-task, do all of the posting in
>the newsgroup comp.ai.philosophy, freeing us to do some real work.

>--
>tony@nexus.yorku.ca = Tony Wallis, York University, Toronto, Canada

If it's truly intelligent, it should claim not to be *used* for your 
purposes at all. 
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