Watched over by Machines of Loving Grace is quoted over at an aticle on io9 entitled 7 Best Case Scenarios for the Future of Humanity.

One of the best case senarios is being watched over by machines of loving grace – machines who could protect, improve our lives & are incapable of harming us. A ‘friendly’ artificial intelligence.

Is this what you think Richard meant?

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