tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085092.post112238501649495421..comments2023-10-30T08:28:53.519-07:00Comments on The Bush Diaries: ShamePeter Clothierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085092.post-1122403647857384342005-07-26T11:47:00.000-07:002005-07-26T11:47:00.000-07:00Peter, Love Sagan... and Lao Tzu, who also teache...Peter, Love Sagan... and Lao Tzu, who also teaches shame and blame. Love quotes too. Here's one by a Brit:<BR/><BR/>"An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide."<BR/> A. Toynbee<BR/><BR/> There is an exhibition in LA right now showing how close we are coming to "our dream" of AI, producing lifelike robots. Supposedly to fight future wars and mop our floors. - Man will go to great lengths to get out of work.<BR/> I know, we could try one out as president,,,,wait, no, we just did that.<BR/>Anyway:<BR/> What if? When THEY do succeed in making machines as in Spielburg's AI, what if humans then begin to see more clearly that AI robots are an extension of who we are? Indeed, replicants. Someone once characterized us as biological machines.<BR/> And what if many more people began to recognize in the behavior of our perfect machines, how robotic our own behavior has been all along? Some may notice, for instance, how their friends act like robots! What a eureka moment that would be for millions. As Geo Carlin would say, Holy Shit!<BR/> And what if enough people saw this and it led to a new renaissance of humanism?........ Naaaaaahhh!<BR/><BR/>the sad footnote:<BR/> It's nothing more than a mainstream comedy or a funny commercial.<BR/><BR/>See the British site http://eatmail.tv Check out the clips inside<BR/>the archive section. Because a good laugh is needed every day. <BR/>Your new friend, dennisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com