With Terminator: Salvation out now, I figured it would be good to point out that sentient technology would face the same societal pressures as we feel. I mean, he just wanted to be thin! And look what happened… tisk tisk.

Really though, let’s think about this. In order for a system to operate completely autonomously, it would have to be able to formulate ideas, not just re-create data based on an algorithm. If data was eventually capable of being processed in a way that leads to these self-governing entities creating free choices which then create new data, then surely the processor would figure out that it, in no uncertain terms, is not ‘up to snuff’ with processor you see over there. Hint: next Intel processor, codenamed Paul Walker.

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And since it IS Friday, how about a one frame comic to relieve the stress of reading words like sentient:

http://www.cavcomics.com/pie/