more on NPR's 'On Point': 'Rise of the Machines'

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Newmedia () aol com
Date: October 13, 2005 1:22:39 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] NPR's 'On Point': 'Rise of the Machines'


Dave:

One has to suspect that Ray Kurzweil, like his arch-promoter George  
Gilder, has a "rapturous" religious motivation in this techno- 
eschatology.

Apart from that caveat, he has no idea how to measure what humans  
actually do and, therefore, no basis for making comparisons to machines.

MIPS!!  Ha!!  Talk about the ultimate "benchmarking" challenge!!

Pretty silly stuff,

Mark Stahlman
New York City

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