Steve Talbott

Yes, every human creation is invested with intelligence in one form or another, and it would be pathological for us to ignore this fact in our reactions. But it us also pathological to fail to recognize the asymmetrical relation between artifact and artificer.

Steve Talbott, 'Chapter 14: From HAL to Kismet', Devices of the Soul: Battling for Our Selves in an Age of Machines


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