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IN THE YEAR 2001

Stan Franklin, a U of M professor and author of the book Artificial
Minds
, is skeptical about recent research showing that a group of
computers created their own language and learned to hunt [computerized prey]
in packs. Franklin was quoted as saying, This kind of work was done in the
lab, in a controlled environment. He did not point out that films like
Blade Runner, Terminator, and Terminator II have taught us not
to teach computers to hunt in packs.