XPost: comp.robotics.misc, comp.ai.philosophy   
   From: ben_nospam_bradley@mindspring.com   
      
   In comp.robotics.misc,alt.cyberpunk,comp.ai.philosophy, "Chris S."   
    wrote:   
      
   >In regards to your original question, of course. Assuming its eventual   
   >technical feasibility, a computer assisted or fully automated government   
   >would undoubtably be less corrupt and inefficient than its human based   
   >equivalent.   
      
      If this is a true, conscious "intelligence" it may well have   
   human-like motives and possibly be as corrupt, made even worse by its   
   greater efficiency.   
      
   >Although I don't think we'll ever give up *full* control.   
      
      Not without a fight...   
      
   >Naturally, the end result will depend on who creates it. After all, a   
   >computer is only a smart as the human who programs it.   
      
      There were those on a BBS 20 years ago who used the same argument   
   to say I was wrong when I said that I believed a computer would   
   someday beat the world's best human chess player.   
      
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