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Hofstadter on perception and reception

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

I’m reading Douglas Hofstadter’s new book I Am A Strange Loop just now, and just ran into my first significant disagreement with him (in this book, that is). On page 76, after describing a walk along an airport concourse during which various scents evoke numerous associations, he writes (emphases in the original):
Each of these examples […]

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Human rights for robots?

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

This is from an article at TimesOnline (quoted without permission):
A study commissioned by the Government that suggests robots could one day have rights was attacked by leading scientists yesterday as a red herring that has diverted attention from more pressing ethical issues.
Researchers studying robotics said that the Robo-rights document, published in December and sponsored by […]

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