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   In article , Michael F. Stemper   
    wrote:   
      
   > On 01/23/2014 06:17 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   > > In article , 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.   
   > >   
   > > "Fasinating" ... more like astounding since most humans don't even have   
   > > any.  ;-)   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   > > There was an article in the newspaper not long ago about the experts   
   > > working with robots etc. saying that getting to a point of having   
   > > actual computer intelligence is stil decades away.   
   >   
   > It always has been. Kind of like fusion.   
      
   There will be plenty of "fusion" when self-driving cars start crashing   
   into things at high-speed.  ;-)   
      
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