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From: michael@stb.UUCP (Michael)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: The future of AI [was Re: Time Magazine -- Computers of the Future]
Message-ID: <10432@stb.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jun 88 18:29:14 GMT
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In article <550@novavax.UUCP> maddoxt@novavax.UUCP (Thomas Maddox) writes:
>I personally believe that we won't be able to truly create a machine replicate
>of ourselves simply because no entity can artificially create another entity of
>equal or greater complexity than itself.

Wrong. Perfect self replicators are possible, so equal complexity isn't a
problem. As for greater complexity, I know its possible if you are given a
blueprint, and I suspect its possible even without it.

			Michael
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