Is it possible for a computer program to follow and predict human behavior if it is run by the most powerful computers? In time, the program develops the ability to think and act like a person. Echelon, a powerful computer program, threatens to bring down the whole online infrastructure of the United States. DARPA hacking gives Echelon the capacity to influence the weather, trigger earthquakes, and wreak a level of havoc that the country has never seen before. Is there any way to halt a computer program if it has complete control over all of your defenses?
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Is it possible for a computer program to follow and predict human behavior if it is run by the most powerful computers? In time, the program develops the ability to think and act like a person. Echelon, a powerful computer program, threatens to bring down the whole online infrastructure of the United States. DARPA hacking gives Echelon the capacity to influence the weather, trigger earthquakes, and wreak a level of havoc that the country has never seen before. Is there any way to halt a computer program if it has complete control over all of your defenses?
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