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   Michael F. Stemper to Rod Speed   
   Re: cases where SF has predicted scienti   
   23 Jan 14 16:32:54   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: michael.stemper@gmail.com   
      
   On 01/23/2014 02:35 PM, Rod Speed wrote:   
   > "Your Name"  wrote in message   
   > news:240120140903107097%YourName@YourISP.com...   
   >> In article , David   
   >> Friedman  wrote:   
      
   >>> You might as well argue that human driven cars aren't going to happen   
   >>> any time soon. They too rely on a combination of information sources,   
   >>> one of which is often the GPS.   
   >>   
   >> Human drivers (hopefully) also use intelligence, common sens, and an   
   >> ability to make decisions for themselves ...three things a computer   
   >> simply cannot currently have, no matter how complicated the programming   
   >> is.   
   >   
   > In fact a number of computer systems do have that capability.   
      
   There are computer systems with common sense? Fascinating.   
      
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