As always a very thought provoking post. Even though I decided not to be a programmer over 30 years ago, I have always been interested in computers and AI.

I went to work at Radio Shack back in 1980 (By invitation from my cousin, the Manager) because they started selling TRS80 computers. My introduction to AI was a program called "Eliza" that I got to interact with every day. http://www.trs-80.org/talking-eliza/ And introduced me to the posibilities, and I was hooked.
That eventially turned into Alice.http://www.alicebot.org/articles/wallace/eliza.html

After many years of being a computer "User" I decided to network all of my pc's and try the "parallel computing" concept. I understood the concept but was just not proficient enough in programming to "make it work". Had I stuck with command line instead of jumping on the GUI (WindBlows) bandwagon I probably would have been more successful in the PC field. Being an Electronics Tech, (What we used to call a "board level" tech) I began building pc's many years ago instead of programming which was really a mistake because all the "Techs" nowadays are really just board swappers ..

I really appreciate all the great information you have provided here. It seems to me as if you are describing "SkyNet" and that in fact it has been developed AND deployed !

Thank You so much for another great read ! PLEASE keep up the "Good" work !

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