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make them a powerful mechanism.”2'6 This optimistic gloss, which sounded an awful lot like “The Plauge was great for humanity!” if you didn’t follow Cohen's logic, triggered a furious response. Eugene Spafford, also a well-regarded computer researcher, fired back: “For someone of Dr. Cohen’s reputation

mputer, you have to suspect, could have done better.)?°+ One of the first speakers at the conference was a San Diego State University professor named Vernor Vinge, whose remarks that day marked the start of an important era in our consideration of smart machines. The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Sur