Warp wrote:

>   Many scifi books explore the idea that machines are not good or evil,
> but completely neutral. Their problem is that they are too logical, and
> when given contradictory directives, they will try to come up with a solution
> which fulfills all of them at the same time. IIRC that was the case with
> 2001: A Space Odyssey as well as many books by Asimov (and one of the ideas
> behind the so-called "zeroth law of robotics" in his books).
> 

Ah! The good Doctor and his Gentle Reader along with Arthur C Clarke 
were the favourite authors of my childhood.

You would know better than me about error and infinite loop trapping.
Still how can a fulcrum be evil?

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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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