Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!ukc!tcdcs!swift.cs.tcd.ie!vax1.tcd.ie!bjkinane From: bjkinane@vax1.tcd.ie Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy Subject: computer life? Message-ID: <1991Feb14.135220.7790@vax1.tcd.ie> Date: 14 Feb 91 13:52:20 GMT Organization: Trinity College Dublin Lines: 4 I am preparing a presentation on the subject of whether computers can be considered as an emerging life-form at a very primitive stage of evolution and on the future implications of this for mankind . I would welcome any views on this area.