
unless one can view the source code used to construct that mechanism. Any
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thing else ultimately will lead to control of individuals and, ultimately,
human slavery.
The monks in the cathedral respectfully disagree.
Artificial Intelligence
Tenets: PROTO, hier
Central concept: If you build a prototype early enough, you may learn
from what the machine tells you.
After reading some of the other discussions in this chapter, you may be won-
dering why we’re taking up the subject of artificial intelligence (AI). After all,
isn’t AI old boring stuff left to tenured professors and geeks too geeky for
mainstream geekhood? Haven’t all of the good Sci-Fi books about ...