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Comments on: Reading machine to snoop on Web

Machine Reading Program could automatically monitor technology, politics, and other nations.

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by man_w_balls June 28, 2009 9:42 AM PDT
The machine will read until it learns what humans in general are about... then it will decide to destroy us because we are destroying the planet like a disease... then it will read about how to destroy humans... etc and so on...
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by cbrew475 June 28, 2009 9:57 AM PDT
About that term paper...you'd need a Machine Writing program as well as a Machine Reading program. That's a different problem, and a very interesting one.
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by dzankizakon June 28, 2009 1:30 PM PDT
Nice idea. Too bad it won't work. Actually, it will work, but it will produce useless, misleading, unintentionally hilarious and ultimately dangerously bad results.
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by Jack K1 June 28, 2009 1:58 PM PDT
Big whup. Civilians have been working on this for years. So far, it's been a money pit.
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by geekswife June 29, 2009 8:23 AM PDT
...can we say "TERMINATOR"????? The machines are able to snoop??? Hey, NO THANKS!!!!!Waaaay to dangerous, in my humble opinion.
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