2. I, Automated Animal: The Robot Within Us
Detective Del Spooner: Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot take a canvas and turn it into a beautiful masterpiece?
Sonny: Can you?
—From I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
Imagine that you’ve just woken up: You’re standing at the bathroom sink about to uncap the toothpaste. You don’t hold the tube up, look at the cap, and wonder how it works. You don’t try to figure out which way to turn it or what to do with it once you’ve uncapped it. You don’t have to calculate how much pressure to exert on it so it doesn’t slip in your grasp. You do not consciously have to give it a thought—in fact, you’re probably thinking about something else altogether while you look at your funny hair in the mirror. The uncapping ...
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