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Old 20-06-2022, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Crater101 View Post
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.

Almost everything we are living today was described in SciFi '50, '60 and '70..
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