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   P RUSKIN to Kevin Calder   
   Re: Artificial Intelligence in Governmen   
   23 Feb 05 19:37:59   
   
   XPost: comp.ai.philosophy, comp.robotics.misc   
   From: pr007b5868@blueyonder.co.uk   
      
   Since the requirement for politicians before entering politics is to have   
   half their brains removed, AI is bound to be more effective and all should   
   benefit   
      
   Paddy   
      
   "Kevin Calder"  wrote in message   
   news:aWAA1EJPv$GCFwQ9@blueyonder.co.uk...   
   > In message , Eray Ozkural   
   > exa  writes   
   >   
   >>I'll offer some speculative remarks.   
   >   
   >>I think it's much more tragic than that.   
   >   
   >>By making silly assumptions about what intelligence is   
   >   
   > What are these assumptions?   
   >   
   >>, we would be   
   >>handing over our control to machines that are not genuinely   
   >>intelligent, ie. fascist optimization engines.   
   >   
   > What constitutes non-genuine intelligence, and what on earth has it to do   
   > with fascism?   
   >   
   >>Today, most people prefer to be stupid, efficient automatons, instead   
   >>of  creative and intelligent machines.   
   >   
   > You have taken a poll on people's preferences I presume?   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   >>I suppose the automatons I refer to will have a hard time appreciating   
   >>my argument.   
   >   
   > To be honest I can't see any argument at all.  Why don't you try   
   > re-phrasing it?   
   >   
   > thanks,   
   > --   
   > Kevin Calder   
      
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