The idea of superhuman intelligence residing in mechanical devices is, as we have seen, a very old one. It is a very common trope in Science Fiction, but before we consider its history in such speculative fiction we will examine the thoughts of one of the giants of that field—Arthur Charles Clarke (1917-2008).
AI and the Future 5
The idea of superhuman intelligence residing in mechanical devices is a very old one. It is a very common trope in Science Fiction. We will examine the thoughts of one of the giants of that field—Arthur Charles Clarke (1917-2008).
