On Thu, 2016-06-09 at 22:52 +1000, Andy Farkas wrote: > Most weekdays I drive 25 kms to work (one way). I > experience things that I'm sure only a human could > comprehend.
Comprehend? Perhaps. Deal with? Hmmm. > Auto-cars are not going to cut it in rural Oz. Not now, perhaps. Tomorrow? You are offering the Argument From Personal Incredulity[1], crossed with the Argument From Personal Ignorance[2], with a dose of the Argument of the Eternal Present[3]. Computers were never going to play chess. Until they did. Computers were never going to play Go. Until they did. Computers will never drive cars... until they do. Regards, K. [1] I cannot imagine it, therefore it cannot be. [2] I do not know of it, therefore it does not exist. [3] It is true now, therefore it will always be true. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (ka...@biplane.com.au) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer http://twitter.com/kauer389 GPG fingerprint: E00D 64ED 9C6A 8605 21E0 0ED0 EE64 2BEE CBCB C38B Old fingerprint: 3C41 82BE A9E7 99A1 B931 5AE7 7638 0147 2C3C 2AC4 _______________________________________________ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
