No head in the sand here. It's a continuation of the industrial revolution. First off, they don't THINK, they're PROGRAMMED. if they're going to be self-aware, they will have a stripped down version of HUMAN EMOTIONAL STATES programmed into it in order to have self-awareness. Why? _because humans are programming it_. *ugh*. My head's not in the sand, James. Your head is in the land of doom-and-gloom-we'd-better-do-something-now-before-its-too-late. You're following a script. Let go of the script and discuss.