As machines slip from human control they will do more than become conscious. They will become spiritual beings, whose inner life is no more limited by conscious thought than ours. Not only will they think and have emotions. They will develop the errors and illusions that go with self-awareness.


Non-Progress: The soul in tha machine (p. 187) - Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals (2002)

John Gray Quotes

As machines slip from human control they will do more than become conscious. They will become spiritual beings, whose inner life is no more limited...

As machines slip from human control they will do more than become conscious. They will become spiritual beings, whose inner life is no more limited...

As machines slip from human control they will do more than become conscious. They will become spiritual beings, whose inner life is no more limited...

As machines slip from human control they will do more than become conscious. They will become spiritual beings, whose inner life is no more limited...