Is There a Sentient Computer?

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Terence McKenna: What do you think a sentient computer might do after a close and careful examination of mankind? A lot of people have actually asked this question. And to what they come up with if they say, as soon as you have a superintelligent machine, it will turn its attention toward designing a yet more intelligent machine. So you have liken very rapid, infinite regress into what i think they call ultra intelligent machines. It would be nice to suppose that, like a compassionate and loving god, it would smooth the wrinkles out of our lives and restore everything to some kind of perfection. Ha, ha, ha. Sorry.

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