"'That's why humans are aboard, you know. Theoretically, our computer could be built to do everything. But in practice, something always happens that requires a brain that can think.'
"'A computer could be built to do that, too,' said Dhananda." (p. 84)
This issue has come up too often before and I do not propose to summarize the arguments again! See here.
The text continues:
"'But could it be built to give a damn?' Ranu muttered in his own language. As he started down a ladder, one of the soldiers came between him and the sun, so that he felt the shadow of a pike across his back." (ibid.)
Ranu mutters in his own language about giving a damn. Dhananda is accompanied by soldiers and Ranu feels the shadow of a weapon on his back. All of this conveys the potential ideological and physical conflict between the two men.
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Kaor, Paul!
And I side with Ranu in his skepticism about whether AIs are or can be possible. But the arguments about AIs can be found elsewhere in your blog!
Ad astra! Sean
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