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   Dimensional Traveler to Michael F. Stemper   
   Re: cases where SF has predicted scienti   
   23 Jan 14 19:36:15   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 1/23/2014 2:32 PM, Michael F. Stemper wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   If there are, they have enough common sense to not let the humans know.   
      
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