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Originally Posted by diarmadhi

The difference lies not with intelligence but with the ability to affect ones environment. A pc that can think for itself is great.. but that doesn't mean it can go out and put more ram in its ram slot... or upgrade its cpu... software is only half of the problem. Even using networked resources will only get you so far..

This is also where the whole AI in the future will take over mankind is patently false physical resources will be exhausted before its possible for humankind to be subverted by a created intelligence.