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Re:Google to Buy Artificial Intelligence Startup DeepMind fo... by exit on Sunday January 26, 2014 @11:38PM (#7128842)
you want humanity to be the terminal phase of sentience in the galaxy?
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Re:Google to Buy Artificial Intelligence Startup DeepMind fo... by psbp on Monday January 27, 2014 @12:44AM (#7129005)
Fair point. I guess it's a bit like a self-sacrifice.
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Re:Google to Buy Artificial Intelligence Startup DeepMind fo... by nikbackm on Monday January 27, 2014 @01:36AM (#7129118)
Or having kids.
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Re:Google to Buy Artificial Intelligence Startup DeepMind fo... by psbp on Monday January 27, 2014 @02:25AM (#7129221)
That's probably a lot more intimate. It will probably seem more like unicellular to multi.
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