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Man's brief reign in the evolutionary spotlight.

Computers may overtake humans in the next century. Although computers' abilities presently pale next to what the human mind is capable of, milestones are being passed one after another. IBM's “Deep Blue” computer defeated human chess champion Garry Kasparov recently, and another machine produced a...

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Published in:Futurist Vol. 31; p. 68
Main Author: Chapman, John
Format: Article
Published: World Future Society September/October 1997
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Artificial intelligence
Technological forecasting
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