Humans and Machines: Competing Arguments

Ray Kurzweil, main proponent of the Singularity theory, writes about the “Man-Machine Merger,” while Andrea Kuszewski, behavioral therapist and “robopsychologist”, poses an alternate viewpoint.
Kurzweil: http://spark.qualcomm.com/salon/ray-kurzweil-man-machine-merger

“Writing novels, painting pictures – these are the ultimate in human intelligence. AI will be able to do these things by 2045.”

Kuszewski: http://spark.qualcomm.com/salon/technology-making-us-less-human

“…error makes us human. And error is essential for creativity.”

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