very cool stuff,I for one dont have much of a problem with this.Most people that do are just scared of the unknown.And yes we are just slabs of meat with a cpu ie brain.Doesn't matter anyway,this sort of technology is the future whether people like it or not,i think most people would agree.

Its so nice to know that you get the added insult of paying your own spin doctors with your tax dollars. You buy your lie.
This makes me want to


Edit to add: The link in the OP links to a google video with this title: Rachel Maddow: AIG's Attempt to Clean Up Its Image. Yet what is being discussed is AI.
Just wondering if the link is messed.
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This sounds like a pretty interesting topic. Just from skimming the thread it reminds me of the matrix or something I'm going to watch the video later when I get a chance

Speaking of weird synchronicity look at the US patent number at 12:11 into the video....US 5.656.666.....!?

There is something to this observation. These systems have risen from obscurity and have infiltrated everything! They will continue to conveniently "hide" behind the skeptical reviews. After all, if it's implausible then how can it be a threat?

I have been pondering this (as you can see from my first line..:roll and I think that what we call consciousness is of abstract, mathematical and informatical nature, with our brains just a means to execute this information processing.
Now our brains are material and therefore have severe limitations in executing this abstract concept of consciousness, and the true meaning of ascension to a higher plane of existence, metaphysics, or getting rid of a material body that is so prevalent in our culture is leading to this "execution engine independent" consciousness that could run on any hardware, not just human brain, therefore separating an information-based consciousness from the matter it was once bound to.

I also think that if this artificial consciousness will come to fruition (and I dont see any serious showstopper on the horizon), it will completely transfer humanity, which could very well be degraded from its current active role in scientific development to a mere observer, like Alice in wonderland.

Anyway, fascinating thread, S&F!