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Comment author: lukeprog 01 June 2013 05:02:44AM 2 points [-]

Members of the artificial intelligence community bear an ominous resemblance to... the Sorcerer's Apprentice. The apprentice learnt just enough magic for his master to save himself the trouble of performing an onerous task, but not quite enough to stop the spellbound buckets and brooms from flooding the castle.

Margaret Boden, Artificial Intelligence and Natural Man, p. 463