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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Father Terrence who wrote (28239)	1/16/1999 1:03:00 AM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Well shewt. This one's easy. Slaves - of COURSE. It is Man's destiny to grab all the marbles. Y'think we'd elect to share them with merchandise?! It would be bad for business. (And if we have any sense we'll hardwire unrelenting reverence for even the least of us into their chromed motherboards.) Lather-Rinse-Dominate with extreme prejudice-Repeat

To: Father Terrence who wrote (28239)	1/16/1999 6:00:00 PM
From: Sidney Reilly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

FT, Another Star Trek concept. I saw that one too! <gg> Bob

To: Father Terrence who wrote (28239)	1/17/1999 12:40:00 AM
From: Krowbar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Ah, now you have raised a question that really interests me. Can a thinking machine ever be a feeling machine? I assume that you are talking about a piece of hardware. What would it's feeling of self be like? What would it think the first time that it saw itself in a mirror? If it thought like a human, would it feel like a human, and thus want to look human? Can a thinking machine really feel happy, sad, content, angry, jealous, be able to hate, etc.? Would it crave the company of humans, or another machine? What a can of worms this opens. We don't even understand our own brains very well. Del