“And after all we've been through this century, would it be so terrible, to see the end of man's unquestioned dominance? I find it hard to believe that a machine, programmed for equanimity and rational synthesis, could ever act as maleficent as we humans have already proven ourselves capable of acting. I fail to summon the specter of a machine more harmful than Hitler or Mussolini. And yet perhaps its our own nature that gives us concern. We know how badly we might treat such a creature, and it's difficult to believe the end will be happy. But that, you know, would be our own damned fault, and certainly not the machines'.”
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Louisa Hall,
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