[extropy-chat] Warwick: Could future computer viruses infecth umans?

[Walter_Chen at compal.com]

Certainly you didn't overreact.
It's very good to see some detailed explanation from experts.
But sometimes imagination can lead to some important creation also.
(Now I am thinking how to let the PC, esp. a notebook, to get a cold to
solve the more 
and more difficult thermal problem.)

Thanks.
 
Walter.
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[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes
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Subject: RE: [extropy-chat] Warwick: Could future computer viruses
infecthumans?


--- Walter_Chen at compal.com wrote:
> At least it's fun to imagine that a computer got a
> cold (then maybe it
> doesn't need thermal solution sometimes
> because it feels too cold?)
> or got a VD (how to cure a VD on a computer?), or
> ...

So long as one is clear that one is imagining, perhaps
(although that can violate the suspension of disbelief
that is one of the keys to getting an audience to
enjoy a work of fiction).  However, Mr. Warwick and
his research are reality.

My apologies if I have seemed to overreact on this
thread, but I work in the computer industry, and this
nature of misunderstanding (anthropomorphizing
computers) has been one of my largest frustrations
(and many others in this field can relay the same
story about their own work).  Even if it is also an
occasional good source of insight and humor - e.g.,
grokking the concept of genetic algorithms through
discussions of Software EXchange.  ;)
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