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   Rod Speed to Michael F. Stemper   
   Re: cases where SF has predicted scienti   
   24 Jan 14 13:07:27   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   "Michael F. Stemper"  wrote in message   
   news:lbs5an$fra$2@dont-email.me...   
   > 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.   
      
   Fraid so, deliberately programmed to have that.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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