[P2P-F] Spirituality and the internet

[Poor Richard]

Another tangent of this spirituality in the internet topic is spiritual 
machines. *The Age of Spiritual Machines*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Spiritual_Machines>is a book by 
futurist <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurology> Ray Kurzweil.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil>

My thoughts on the subject are on a different track from Kurzweil, but he 
may be the inventor of the general concept. My interest is focused as bit 
differently from his. I imagine a "spiritual Turing Test<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_Test>" 
in which the object is to detect whether the test taker is a human or a 
machine, but in which all the questions relate only to the subject of 
spirituality. I predict a machine will pass this test, judged by a panel of 
religious and political celebrities, in the year 2030.

PR
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