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Is it possible that in the future we can make robots which look just like humans, and you will not be able to tell the difference? And what if one of these individuals ran for president? And what if they won? Yes, I'm not the first person asked this question. In fact Isaac Asimov had some great stories along this rationale and line of thinking. He was quite a philosopher, and well before his time, and his science fiction is considered still to this day; best-of-breed.
Now then, there would be a really difficult challenge in creating a history for an artificial intelligent computer designed to disguise itself as a human. They have to create a history one which couldn't be easily verifiable, and come up with some sort of fake birth certificate because as we know robots are not born. An artificial intelligence system could indeed have a better chance of winning elections by merely surfing the news, finding out what was on everyone's mind, and then designing speeches to read from a Teleprompter which capture the essence of what people were thinking.
With a very fast processor, such as a supercomputer system, the AI presidential candidate would appear to be extremely smart, and be able to pull out references at will in a very short amount of time, just like IBM's "Watson" Supercomputer anytime it was in an interview. Being able to talk intelligently, and give great speeches that struck a nerve with what people were thinking at the time would be a superior advantage. In fact, an AI president might be fitter to lead, then a flesh, air breathing, organic human with all of its flaws.
Does that mean that the United States of America would be better served by a computerized president rather than an actual person? It would entirely depend on the level of technology at the time. In the future, the answer is of course yes, right now it's questionable, and there would be limitations. But that doesn't mean it would be impossible. There would be challenges, and the American people wouldn't be too happy if they found out the truth, or felt they were lied to later. Because they would want to know which humans are behind the curtain, pulling the strings of the AI President.
Isaac Asimov suggests that it is possible to have an AI computer which doesn't know it is a computer, which actually believes it is human, and also has a conscience, ego, memory of growing up, and everything else. Perhaps you've seen Hollywood movies borrowing that same theme from Isaac Asimov's automaton. Indeed I hope you will please consider this philosophical thought and think on it.
Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank. Lance Winslow believes writing 24,000 articles by July 24, 2011 is going to be difficult because all the letters on his keyboard are now worn off now..
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