THE PROTOTYPE [TEST TYPE • 154] IS A HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, WHICH IS CAPABLE OF AUTONOMOUSLY ACQUIRING NOTIONS FROM ITS SURROUNDINGS AND – EVENTUALLY – DEVELOPING AUTONOMY OF THOUGHT. GIVEN THE NEARLY HUMAN NATURE OF ITS LEARNING CAPABILITIES, THE LABORATORY THAT PROGRAMMED IT HIRES A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, ASKING HIM TO INSTRUCT THE MACHINE AS IF IT WERE A NEWBORN CHILD. THE LEARNING PROCESS – WHICH SPANS 7 DAYS – BECOMES INCREASINGLY INSIDIOUS IN THE LONG RUN, POSING A PECULIAR YET CRUCIAL PROBLEM: CAN THERE BE A FORM OF AUTONOMOUS THINKING THAT EXCLUDES EMOTIONS?

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