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The science fiction book The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress features a large computer that - apparently - had so many connections that one day it "woke up" and started demonstrating what appeared to be independant behaviour, being able to carry on a conversation, and taking a role in the revolt of the lunar penal colony against earth. The computer, a HOLMES IV ("High-Optional, Logical, Multi-Evaluating Supervisor, Mark IV") also exhibited a sense of humour.
Interestingly the book was written in 1966, over 50 years ago, and deals with topics that have only recently come to pass.
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