[extropy-chat] A great old quote re AI, and?

[rick]

Q: will computers ever think independently?

A: if computers in their ultimate evolutionary form and substance, were
to emulate man, then, based on close observation of the human species, I
estimate that only 3.2 out of every one hundred computers will ever
think for themselves. 

Now, my question: who shall I attribute this quote to? I found it in my
old notes -- without the names of the speakers. Sagan?


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singular authority on the abysmal depths of human stupidity that only we
few lack. 

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