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   From: Raistlin@askme.net   
      
   joss wrote:   
      
      
   >   
   > and AI wouldn't necessarily live in an environment completely unlike our   
   > own. . admittedly it would be "in" a computer, but there is nothing to   
   > stop the computer hardware perceiving the outside world. my computer has a   
   > webcam and a microphone, for example. a gibson-esque AI "living" in my   
   > computer would almost certainly gain access to these. i don't see how the   
   > existence of the real world would or should be hidden from the AI.   
      
   Abso-ma-lutely. Your computer also has a web connection, too. :o)   
      
   > still.... i think that this has mainly come from my use of the word   
   > "correlate" when i should have said "serve the same pupose". i was just   
   > trying to be a cool guy. forgive me.   
      
   You would have pulled it off too if you had hinted that you were wearing   
   a black trench coat and boots with more buckles than strictly necessary.   
      
   :o)   
      
   R.   
      
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