> And you’ll have noticed I’m avoiding calling them “machines”. Machines follow visible, predictable processes that can be analyzed. Nor are they “programs”, fo

> And you’ll have noticed I’m avoiding calling them “machines”. Machines follow visible, predictable processes that can be analyzed. Nor are they “programs”, following defined rules in a predictable fashion. They are programs and they follow defined rules in a predictable fashion. The randomness they exhibit (through temperature, seed, etc.) is well understood and configurable. They are literally programs that run on computers. People talk about them in anthropomorphic terms because humans are easily fooled. Remember ELIZA.