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Should machines be "smarter" than humans?

Start here(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity). Are any of Huxley's machines "smart"? Does Huxley's future have any need for computation?
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from Staying Human in an Engineered Age.

Will we decide that we've grown powerful enough? Can we draw a line and say, "this far and no further"?
How do we control the techno-scientific juggernaut before it dehumanizes our species?
Is it possible for us to refuse to do something that we can do?
Must we forever grow in reach and power?
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Bloggiest start to the bloggiest year ever.

What a funny word, "bloggiest". Should I say it is a "most bloggy" start to the year? Does correct English matter in a blog? All students I teach have begun a blog, of sorts. For the most part, I've insisted the content of the blog must be school or course related, the myriad responses to Macbeth fit this category.
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