FW: Is it OK to be a Luddite?

[Mike Janson]

ray kurzweil's 'age of spiritual machines' is a great book on the topic

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From: "Otto" <o.sell at telda.net>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 06:22:39 +0200
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Subject: Re: Is it OK to be a Luddite?

Karen Hudes:
Two words: "A.I."
Actually, did anyone see the PBS special a couple weeks back on robotics?
Most scientists and scholars in the field believe that robots will coexist
with humans as "persons" (servants, co-workers, family members) in the near
future. When you see how lifelike they're becoming--and how useful they
could be--it starts to feel fairly inevitable.

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Yes, and we really have to ask ourselves:
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?

Otto