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	Artificial Life On The Horizon?!

Lancebowski

1-26-2008 3:39 PM

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science, technology, politics, religion, biology, synthetic life forms

Lancebowski says:

From the Wiki entry for "AI: Artificial Intelligence":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I._(movie)

"The story is set at an unspecified date in the future. Global warming has led to an ecological disaster resulting in a drastic reduction of the human population and rising sea levels. Cities like New York City and Venice lie in ruins. Mankind’s efforts to maintain civilization lead to the creation of android artificial intelligence."

Strangely and powerfully prescient.

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