Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

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Dystopian Visions: The Machine That Won The War
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Dystopian Visions: The Machine That Won The War

A story published over sixty years ago is still surprisingly relevant

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Given how worried some people are about our becoming too reliant on computers, an issue that is, perhaps, even more relevant today with the advent of very advanced artificial intelligence, it might be interesting to read and discuss this story by Isaac Asimov, published in 1961. It prompts us to ask: what really happens when a computer is invented that …

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