replaced
this. is. fucking. scary.
The human brain has no department full of programming cells that configure the mind. Rather, brain cells program themselves simply by being used. Likewise, our questions program the Machine to answer questions. We think we are merely wasting time when we surf mindlessly or blog an item, but each time we click a link we strengthen a node somewhere in the Web OS, thereby programming the Machine by using it.
The more we teach this megacomputer, the more it will assume responsibility for our knowing. It will become our memory. Then it will become our identity. And maybe one day, it will become us.
From this embryonic neural net was born a collaborative interface for our civilization, a sensing, cognitive device with power that exceeded any previous invention. The Machine provided a new way of thinking (perfect search, total recall) and a new mind for an old species. It was the Beginning.
italics words are extracts from the article linked below (see what i am doing still...)
call me paranoid, but i am not prepared to be replaced by the very Machine i helped create.
jacq | 11:06:00 PM
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