"Any sufficiently advanced technology

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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is
indistinguishable from magic."
-- Arthur Clarke
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Of all the objects in the universe, the human
brain is the most complex There are as many
neurons in the brain as there are stars in the
Milky Way galaxy --Dr. Jonathan Cohen
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The network scale effect means that increased
complexity of any neural network will generate
consciousness
If humans make a humanoid, it will become human
--Bentley-Baker
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If we create our replica beings, will there be a
fall from grace?
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They ate from the tree of knowledge of good and
evil
Masaccio 1423
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The Three Commandments
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Azimovs Rules

• A robot may not injure a human being or, through
  inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
• A robot must obey any orders given to it by human
  beings, except where such orders would conflict
  with the First Law.
• A robot must protect its own existence as long as
  such protection does not conflict with the First
  or Second Law.

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Robot motif

• Humanoid
• Betrayal
• Conflict

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Carbon life vs. Silicon Life?
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Humanoid Motif Creation Obsession Carlo
Collodi 1883 Adventures of Pinocchio
Playing out a
fundamentally unresolved oedipal problem?
Being as Child is revisited as Being as
Father?
Dont forget the lying, or failure to live up
to the expectations of the father idea in
Pinocchio.
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What is the connection?

• Ape men visited by monolith
• Space men find monoliths
• HAL 9000 says AE 34 will fail

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