Can Computer Programs Be Philosophical?

The Cornell CreativeMachines lab (creativemachines.cornell.edu) is one of many higher institution “labs” working on how to bridge the gap between man and machine. In essence the “humanization” of computers. From their website:

At the Creative Machines Lab we are interested in robots thatcreateandare creative. We explore novel autonomous systems that can design and make other machines – automatically. Our work is inspired from biology, as we seek new biological concepts for engineering and new...