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Exactly what i was looking for. Thanks!

Ask HN: Link to recent HN submission about an AI fiction story?

There was a recent submission on HN (within a few weeks), which was an fictional AI story in which the protagonist is invited by his AI-programmer friend to participate in a turing test experiment, and eventually ends up discovering that he himself (the protagonist) is a computer with a planted historical memory, and hence as a result, is self-conscious.Can someone please share the link to the...

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Re:Ask HN: Combat sloth and regain focus/resolve on Monday October 24, 2011 @12:56AM (#3148346)
Thanks Hansy. I'm giving this a shot tomorrow morning first thing.

Ask HN: Combat sloth and regain focus/resolve

I have a lot of work to do, and I know I'm capable of doing it. Some of them are a need more effort than others, but are manageable. I find myself constantly moving away from work, finding ways to not do work. I watch a lot of TV online. I even cancelled Netflix a week back hoping that will get me back on track, but there are a zillion other video sites, and HN, and Google reader, that have...

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