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And 20 years after the introduction of the personal computer into the world of business, hardly anyone has a secretary anymore, although the very elite do have "executive assistants" who may be thought of as doing some of the same work functions.

I'm not being facetious in bringing this up, just attempting to point out that a computerised version of intelligence may not look much like the activities it replaces.

I think Dijkstra said it best "The question of whether computers can think is no more interesting than the question of whether submarines can swim."




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