SMRTR AIJan 12, 2025Daily.dev

161 years ago, a New Zealand sheep farmer predicted AI doom

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Samuel Butler's 1863 letter predicted key artificial intelligence concerns, including machine consciousness and self-replication. His ideas influenced later science fiction and continue to resonate in modern AI debates, despite being written long before the advent of computers.

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