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Scientists are on the verge of creating an EMOTIONAL computer: think .. and bond with humans...
ukdailymail ^ | 07/08/2016

Posted on 07/09/2016 11:36:54 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: BenLurkin

Sounds a bit like C-3PO, the “Protocol Droid”.


21 posted on 07/09/2016 12:31:32 PM PDT by Company Man (I say we take off and Trump the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
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To: BenLurkin

They can actually create a stepford wife. Fine with me if dull witted sickos want that.


22 posted on 07/09/2016 12:31:49 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: BenLurkin

How would it feel if I unplugged it?


23 posted on 07/09/2016 12:38:31 PM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: BenLurkin

How would it feel if I unplugged it?


24 posted on 07/09/2016 12:38:37 PM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: BenLurkin

This should end well.

“Hey, let’s unlock the Atom, and make a big bomb!”

“Yeah, then we’ll be appalled by its destructive power!”

“Yep, and then we’ll condemn all the generals who want to use it!”


25 posted on 07/09/2016 12:40:54 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - JRRT)
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To: dynoman

Probably best to have that come as a surprise.


26 posted on 07/09/2016 12:42:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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27 posted on 07/09/2016 12:44:24 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like the female computer voice in
Star Trek TOS episode “Tomorrow is Yesterday”.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708484/?ref_=ttep_ep20


28 posted on 07/09/2016 1:08:18 PM PDT by DFG
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To: BenLurkin

Only transgenders are human.


29 posted on 07/09/2016 1:15:42 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("It's okay to commit felonies as long as breaking the law isn't your primary objective." James Comey)
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To: BenLurkin

I’m sorry Dave but I can’t do that.


30 posted on 07/09/2016 1:19:18 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: BenLurkin; GraceG; Lazamataz; Springman; beaversmom; daltec; Salgak; TADSLOS
Oh Great

Real Life Synths!


31 posted on 07/09/2016 1:25:30 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Never Killary!)
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To: dynoman

It has a back up power supply and a AK-47, you don’t want to try that.


32 posted on 07/09/2016 1:42:50 PM PDT by Springman (Rest In Peace YaYa123, Bahbah, and Just Lori.)
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To: ground_fog

Max Headroom lives.


33 posted on 07/09/2016 1:48:39 PM PDT by freepertoo
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To: KC_Lion

Know it alls, now with mood attitude.


34 posted on 07/09/2016 1:48:40 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Trump - because this Constitutional Republic is already undone.)
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To: Springman

I can turn off the breaker from where it can’t see me.


35 posted on 07/09/2016 2:38:28 PM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: BenLurkin

Oh great.


36 posted on 07/09/2016 3:04:33 PM PDT by sauropod (Beware the fury of a patient man. I've lost my patience!)
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To: BenLurkin

No one has ever perfected natural language translation. Creating a genuinely emotional machine would be exponentially harder - impossible in fact. Gimme a dog any day.


37 posted on 07/09/2016 9:07:18 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves. Socialism is governmental theft!)
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To: BenLurkin
"And exactly how efficiently will it function when it gets depressed?"


38 posted on 07/10/2016 7:24:35 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Blue on Black, match on a fire)
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To: BenLurkin
For a good visualization of how this all turns out, please view the movie Ex Machina.
39 posted on 07/10/2016 7:30:25 AM PDT by Gulf War One
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
>>>> "And exactly how efficiently will it function when it gets depressed?" <<<<

Never ask a woman who is eating ice cream straight out of the carton; "how are you feeling".

40 posted on 07/10/2016 7:32:05 AM PDT by 7MMmag ( ...itty-bitty hole goin' in, big hole goin' out. bullets that spin and explode sold separately)
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