Our machine overlords: A historian traces our long, complicated relationship with mechanical beings

By Alex Spanko | February 20, 2011 | Boston Globe

“…We’re fascinated by machines that can imitate humans, he says, but also feel an existential discomfort around them–an uneasiness that stems from their ability to obscure what seems like a fundamental truth of the universe, the line between the living and the inanimate….”

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/02/20/our_machine_overlords/

 

 

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