Le 10/01/2013 09:48, scott nous fit lire :
>> Lots of people are doing interesting work on AI, but the question I
>> always have to ask is "why bother with a multi-billion dollar computer
>> system when a human being can already do the exact same task for a few
>> pence per hour?"
> 
> Because humans make mistakes all the time, and occasionally this causes
> people to die. If there's a possibility that a computer can cause less
> people to die then it's worth looking into.
> 

And then the solar activity just get to cancel the magnetosphere long
enough (3 minutes ?) to jolt all the grid over the world, turning back
all countries (excepted North Korea) back to middle age for at least 10
years (estimation from official studies).

Can happen any time... Did already happen, at a time (1621 ?) where it
was not critical, but northern lights where visible down to Lisbon in
1938 (25 January).

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