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I was watching Neil Degrassi Tyson talking about artificial intelligence. And as usual, I started to feel sleepy. . I work 50 to 60-hour weeks. But, the thought popped in my noggin, "Can a robot be a comedian?" Humor is intuitive. A robot can be programmed to say funny things. But, it would not know why they're funny. There has to be a sense of self-awareness. But, what is self-awareness? My sister will not eat meat, because she believes cows are self-aware. "Would you eat your cat?" she queried. "Well, my cat is rather boney," I replied. But, she will eat fish. "Is the fish self-aware?" I queried. "Shut up." she snapped back as she munched a tuna sandwich. As scientists map the brain, eventually they will build an artificial brain. Imagine having your brain replaced with a duplicate artificial brain. There are mechanical hearts.. . Would you still be human with an artificial brain? No one would say a person with an artificial heart is less human. It could, therefore, be logical to say a robot can be a comedian. But, would the humor be for other robots? Muzzy <999>< |