1.0One Cityhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/onecityDenise M. Abatemarcohttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/onecity/author/dabatemarcoA.I.: Friend or Foe? - One Cityrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RMg1URvHlg"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/onecity/2009/05/john-markoffs-article-in-the.html">A.I.: Friend or Foe?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/onecity/2009/05/john-markoffs-article-in-the.html/embed#?secret=RMg1URvHlg" width="600" height="338" title="“A.I.: Friend or Foe?” — One City" data-secret="RMg1URvHlg" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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John Markoff’s article in The New York Times today, The Coming Superbrain, looks at the potentialities and risks of developing “self-aware and superhuman” machines. What ensues is the usual debate between those who believe that this type of artificial intelligence (A.I.) is the answer to our technological prayers and those who caution that creating machines more intelligent than ourselves…http://blog.beliefnet.com/onecity/files/import/cylon.jpg