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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Going towards Godhood - Times Of India

Going towards Godhood - Times Of India: "The scenario as envisaged by some serious scientists and futurologists is that the human era is about to come to an end shortly. The question we need to ask is what they mean by this and how is 'human era' defined? Firstly, there's no denying the fact that human beings have been the most dominant species on Earth for at least the last couple of million years, since they separated from their more apelike ancestral cousins. Because thereafter - for better or for worse - their influence has been unquestioned, absolute and global.

Secondly, the reason humanity has been able to attain this position of supremacy is mainly due to an enlarged brain capacity, leading to highly developed cognitive skills which has resulted in inventions of processes and products which are artefacts of their intelligence. Ironically though - and here's the catch - one of these products has been the creation of artificial intelligence in machines."

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