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To: antiRepublicrat
Stephen Hawking. Stupid people?

The last quote I saw from Hawking sure sounded like it came from a stupid person. He said that the human race must seriously consider some sort of program to alter our DNA, or else androids would eventually take over the world.

That's the kind of schtuff you might believe if you don't believe in a benevolent Creator.

47 posted on 07/12/2004 1:18:02 PM PDT by L.N. Smithee (Dump The Grump and Gump this November)
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To: L.N. Smithee
That's the kind of schtuff you might believe if you don't believe in a benevolent Creator.

Got a cite for that quote?
53 posted on 07/12/2004 1:22:52 PM PDT by Dimensio (Join the Monthly Internet Flash Mob: http://www.aa419.org)
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To: L.N. Smithee
The last quote I saw from Hawking sure sounded like it came from a stupid person. He said that the human race must seriously consider some sort of program to alter our DNA, or else androids would eventually take over the world.

Hawking is talking about eventually using gene-sifting and cybernetics to allow us to compete with the machines that we will eventually produce. Current estimates are that "smarter than the humans" AI will pop up around 2050 or so.

130 posted on 07/13/2004 12:07:00 PM PDT by Zeroisanumber
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