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To: spetznaz
"The moment a computer can do that, and do that in a manner that is indistinguishable from an actual human being, is a point in time when computing will have taken an interesting (and quantum) jump. This, if it works, is quite a huge event."

When this becomes reality many people on the left-hand side of the IQ bell curve will become more or less useless from the point of view of the economy. I think we are already observing that the productivity gains of the last few decades resulting in growing chronic unemployment.

36 posted on 12/14/2010 12:14:34 AM PST by Aikonaa
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To: Aikonaa; All

“I think we are already observing that the productivity gains of the last few decades resulting in growing chronic unemployment”

Actually, I think welfare is a lot more responsible for chronic unemployment.


46 posted on 12/14/2010 2:01:22 PM PST by Strk321
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