Artificial Paradigm

A very interesting blog post by artist/illustrator James Gurney about the possible fundamental differences between humans and both our current and future artificial children.

Yesterday, when I was photographing that sketch of the security guard, my camera automatically switched over into portrait mode. Its face-detection software responded to the sketch as if it were a real face, even though it was looking at pencil scratches on paper, and the “face” was in profile.

It sent a chill down my spine because I sensed the emergence of a mind.

You can read the rest here.