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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 9 Oct 2015

    Will robots take our jobs & kill us? Out this week: What to Think about Machines That Think | @edge IndieBoundhttp://goo.gl/b6eN8d 

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      2. John Brockman‏ @edge 14 Oct 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        Read @sapinker's essay "Thinking Does Not Imply Subjugating" in What to Think about Machines That Think" "immeasurably stimulating" M.Popova

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      1. RJ‏ @oldsmith 10 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker @edge I'm more worried about the lack of moral compass of those who might programme them.

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      1. Jon Lloyd‏ @ClassBore 9 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker @edge the job losses seem suddenly less worrying now you've thrown in genocide

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      1. Tom Verslype‏ @verslype_tom 9 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker @edge they can take my Job...

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      1. TGGeko‏ @TGGEKO 9 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker @edge These new fangled electric lights will put millions of candle makers out of business!

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      2. Níčhölás Rees‏ @NicholasRees1 9 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker Robots don't kill people, people kill people

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      3. Artifactorfiction #FBPE‏ @Artifactorficti 9 Oct 2015
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        @NicholasRees1 @sapinker Robots with guns kill people .... I've seen it in movies it must be true ...

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      1. Flowen89‏ @AdrianOfCali 14 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker @edge Its not "us vs them". I think humans and machines are merging more and more every year

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      1. Loren Thacker‏ @ThackerX 9 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker And what do YOU think, Steven?

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      1. Artifactorfiction #FBPE‏ @Artifactorficti 9 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker @edge If they kill us first then it will be easier for them to apply for our vacant job posts and hence take our jobs by stealth

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      1. Michael Streeter‏ @mst66186 9 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker if AI is developed to assist psychologists and it specialises in NLP, machines may be programming humans!

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      1. Khalil‏ @KhaleelMax 9 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker @edge Machines that think ,yeah maybe, but not "that" think, I am sure!

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      2. boringfileclerk‏ @boringfileclerk 9 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker @edge There's no telling what sentient robots will do to us. There are too many unknown unknowns concerning this.

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      3. Atheist (2008)‏ @yanderiction 10 Oct 2015
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        @boringfileclerk @sapinker @edge As long as we don't program emotion/randomness into them, they won't do anything out of their design.

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