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Originally Posted by OtinG
but in reality we cannot engineer something smarter than ourselves
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We'll, that's a philosophical debates over the meaning of 'smart.'. Obviously we can engineer stuff that that does certain things way better and more reliably than ourselves--calculate, make precise movements, recall data, etc. It remains to be seen if 'driving a car safely in real world conditions' is one of those things or not.
But at this moment in time, I'd say not.
As for the kind of 'smart' you probably mean, it's nice that novelists and screenwriters and futurists are bringing up the question. It's sad so many people think that novelists and screenwriters and futurists already know the answers.
We should take a poll:. How many survivalist preppers are prepping for a zombie apocalypse, and how many are prepping for a post-singularity apocalypse.
ApK