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Author of The End of Faith, The Moral Landscape, Waking Up, and other bestselling books published in over 20 languages. Host of the Waking Up podcast.

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    Sam Harris‏Verified account @SamHarrisOrg 17 Jan 2015

    My response to the 2015 Edge question: "What Do You Think About Machines That Think?"http://bit.ly/1ucnMvf 

    7:38 AM - 17 Jan 2015
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      2. Deepak Chopra‏Verified account @DeepakChopra 17 Jan 2015
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        . Machines that think are created by humans & will reflect the state of collective consciousness-divine & diabolical @SamHarrisOrg

        10 replies 34 retweets 38 likes
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      2. peter garbett #FBPE‏ @peter_garbett 17 Jan 2015
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @SamHarrisOrg Flying machines did not render birds obsolete. The thinking we do probably differs as much.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Apistevist‏ @CDN_Apistevist 17 Jan 2015
        Replying to @peter_garbett

        @peter_garbett @SamHarrisOrg After the horse-drawn carriage was replaced by the car, the population of horses dramatically dropped.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Yenrap Rellin‏ @sisboombahbah 17 Jan 2015
        Replying to @CDN_Apistevist

        @CDN_Antitheist @peter_garbett @SamHarrisOrg But we're not the horses. We're the riders.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Apistevist‏ @CDN_Apistevist 17 Jan 2015
        Replying to @sisboombahbah

        @sisboombahbah @peter_garbett @SamHarrisOrg depends if you are wealthy. the rest will starve. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU …

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Yenrap Rellin‏ @sisboombahbah 17 Jan 2015
        Replying to @CDN_Apistevist

        @CDN_Antitheist Cool video. I consider it good news. Working sucks. Bring on the bots. Paaaaarrty!!!!!

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Apistevist‏ @CDN_Apistevist 17 Jan 2015
        Replying to @sisboombahbah

        @sisboombahbah barney miller?

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      8. Yenrap Rellin‏ @sisboombahbah 17 Jan 2015
        Replying to @CDN_Apistevist

        @CDN_Antitheist Did you use a bot to decode my nick name? Is this a Turing test? Answer the third question first. ;)

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Clyde Rathbone‏Verified account @ClydeRathbone 17 Jan 2015
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @SamHarrisOrg having read this I can't sleep, and am now staring at my iPhone with new found suspicion :)

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      1. Adrian Lee Oliver‏ @AdrianLeeOliver 17 Jan 2015
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @SamHarrisOrg AI researchers r hedging their bets by pretending the delay in AGI comes from responsible consideration, not incompetence.

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      1. Mike  🐯 👨‍🔬 🤘 🚀‏ @MikeTaylor2011 17 Jan 2015
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        @SamHarrisOrg I think we'll merge with them and become hybrid thinkers rather than be destroyed by them. But there's always that possibility

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      1. Benjamin Zetawando‏ @Benzambo 20 Jan 2015
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        @SamHarrisOrg That, just maybe, consciousness a prerequisite to thinking and a soul is a prerequisite to consciousness?

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      1. Agnostic Skeptic‏ @AgnosticSkeptik 17 Jan 2015
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        @SamHarrisOrg If we send reproducing machines to another planet, will they ask who created them, or simply accept they evolved from nothing?

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      1. Geoffrey‏ @geoffreypoirier 17 Jan 2015
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        @SamHarrisOrg Dibs on "1,200 cc of salty porridge" for a band name!

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      1. Dolf Wayne Durden‏ @dolfer 17 Jan 2015
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        @SamHarrisOrg That AGI needs the Bible!!!! 😜

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      1. jameshogg‏ @_jameshogg_ 17 Jan 2015
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @SamHarrisOrg Sam, it might be worthwhile if you wrote up on something about the limits (if any) of encryption. "State-immune" privacy.

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      2. Elwood S‏ @wooden_files 17 Jan 2015
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @SamHarrisOrg machines that think are ok...but machines that "feel" (ie emotions)--now that could be dangerous...

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Peter‏ @pcal44 17 Jan 2015
        Replying to @wooden_files

        @wooden_files the only example of high intelligence without emotion we have is psychopaths.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Elwood S‏ @wooden_files 18 Jan 2015
        Replying to @pcal44

        @pcal44 that notion is utterly false but it is beside my point that "thinking" machines will behave rationally and somewhat predictably

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