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Robert A. Heinlein - The Cat Who Walked Through Walls
Atec Февраль 29 2008 20:18:18
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"Papa Mannie made a great theoretical leap: When the number of
interconnections in a computer become of the same close order as the number of
interconnections in a human brain that computer can wake up and become aware of
itself... and probably will. He wasn't sure that it always happened, but he
became convinced that it could happen and for that reason: the high number of
interconnections.
"Richard, Papa Mannie never went any farther with it. He was not a
theoretical scientist; he was a repair technician. But the way his computer was
behaving bothered him; he had to try to figure out why it was acting so oddly.
This theory resulted. But you need not pay attention to it; Papa Mannie never
tested it."
"Hazel, what was this odd behavior?"
"Oh. Mama Wyoh told me that the first thing Manuel noticed was that
Mike-the computer, I mean-Mike had acquired a sense of humor."
"Oh, no!"
"Oh, yes. Mama Wyoh told me that, to Mike-or Mi-chelle-or Adam Selene-he
used all three names; he was a trinity-to Mike, the entire Luna Revolution, in
which thousands died here and hundreds of thousands died on Earth, was a joke.
It was just one great big practical joke thought up by a computer with
supergenius brain power and a childish sense of humor." Hazel grimaced, then
grinned. "Just a great, big, overgrown, lovable kid who should have been
kicked
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