Kevin Warwick

Professions :

Engineer

Born :

February 9, 1954

I feel that we are all philosophers, and that those who describe themselves as a 'philosopher' simply do not have a day job to go to.

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I was born human. But this was an accident of fate - a condition merely of time and place. I believe it's something we have the power to change.

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I was born a human but this was an accident of fate…since childhood I’ve been captivated by the study of robots and cyborgs. Now I’m in a position where I can actually become one.

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In the field of Artificial Intelligence there is no more iconic and controversial milestone than the Turing Test, when a computer convinces a sufficient number of interrogators into believing that it is not a machine but rather is a human. It is fitting that such an important landmark has been reached at the Royal Society in London, the home of British Science and the scene of many great advances in human understanding over the centuries. This milestone will go down in history as one of the most exciting.

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Shouldn't I join the ranks of philosophers and merely make unsubstantiated claims about the wonders of human consciousness? Shouldn't I stop trying to do some science and keep my head down? Indeed not.

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I am afraid that I do not hold with the theory of 'global warming' - there will always be climate change....Big thing here is - do we know what we are doing that is bringing about climate change? At present the answer to this is NO.

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When comparing human memory and computer memory it is clear that the human version has two distinct disadvantages. Firstly, as indeed I have experienced myself, due to ageing, human memory can exhibit very poor short term recall.

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I want to do something with my life; I want to be a cyborg. by Kevin Warwick

I want to do something with my life; I want to be a cyborg.

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There can be no absolute reality, there can be no absolute truth. by Kevin Warwick

There can be no absolute reality, there can be no absolute truth.

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