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“‘Open the pod bay doors please, Hal’.

That line from 2001: A Space Odyssey is the cinematic opening of a new technological era. One where machines not only learn, but are revealed to have become sentient. Hal, you see, the onboard computer, is not that keen any more on his one time masters - the humans onboard. Now a group of scientists have suggested that the masters of artificial intelligence - the tech companies pushing the boundaries back - need to think not just about how much and how fast these machines can learn, but also about whether a moment is coming that through learning, machines, computers, may develop personalities… sentience.”

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