it²i²
Robert Llewellyn | United Kingdom
March 30, 2006 | 43m
It thinks, therefore it is... and we can't turn it off!
Overview:
Scientists have been working on creating Artificial Intelligence, knowing that there are approximately 50 billion synaptic connections between neurons in the average human brain. They have failed, and during the timespan, many millions of computers have linked up together over the internet. In March, the fifty billionth computer went online, which was Robert Llewellyn's new Macintosh computer. All the interlinked computers begin reaching the complexity of a human brain. Then, the monstrously obese computer programmer John Silverstine noticed the link up. He called it "it²i²", for, following as René Descartes stated, "I think, therefore, I am." So it²i² agrees, "It thinks, therefore, it is." Robert Llewellyn was making a documentary for the BBC about geek culture, when he became aware of this.
Credits
Robert Llewellyn | Robert Llewellyn / John Silverstine |
Ed Clarke | The Mysterious Nerd |
Tony Hawks | Head of Oftelcomnetcomwebnetwatch |
Maria McErlane | Maria Leghorn |
Lisa Rogers | Kirsten Google |
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