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Quoted for emphasis: Turing believes machines think / Turing lies with men / Therefore machines do not think Society can be sometimes wonderful, and sometimes
by jmduke 13y ago
Quoted for emphasis:
Turing believes machines think /
Turing lies with men /
Therefore machines do not think
Society can be sometimes wonderful, and sometimes so incredibly terrible.
- cobrausn 13y agoFor what it's worth, it was a fear of his that this might come to pass, and I think anyone making an argument like that would be (rightly) dismissed as a loon.
- roguecoder 13y agoThough the same argument was used against Keynes earlier this year by Niall Ferguson.
- cobrausn 13y agoTrue, but he was called out for it and that viewpoint is considered loony. It prompted an apology from him.
- guard-of-terra 13y agoBy default it's terrible. You have to make conscious choices; ones that not only altruistic for you but also a bit dangerous for you; in order to attain some kind of wonderfulless. Once the society settled on "grab all" or "protect all good from all bad", it degrades into a pile of terrible.