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Machines can't take us by surprise
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Machines are entirely predictable in their behaviour. Because they never do anything new, they can never surprise us.
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Anticipated by the Alan Turing in 1950.
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Date d'entrée (GMT):
6/2/2006 11:32:00 AM
Date de la dernière modification (Heure GMT):
11/18/2007 2:20:00 PM
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