Matt,
I was going to reply to this thread last night, and I started looking at stuff. There is a program, not for Windows 7 yet, which is DeskMates, an interactive desktop avatar for your computer. With associated programs, it will do what you tell it to. One of the associated programs for it is 'HAL.' It is an AI program. I'm going to keep my eye on the development of this into Windows 7, since MS pulled a critical component of the program from Windows 7, and they are struggling to find a way around that.

Bob, Heinlein delved into machine/emotions on more than one occasion, i.e. Minerva and her sister Athene Pallas, as well as Dora. As computers get faster and more complicated, will it be possible to allow a computer 'free will?' What defines sentience? Could you program a computer to be 'self aware?' Was Adam Selene 'alive?'

Gary


I'm blessed watching God do what He does best. I've had a few rough years, and I'm still not back to where I want to be, but I'm on the way and things are looking far better now than what they were!