Thinking Machines

My brother has picked up an article on CNN.com about the idea that machines will be able to think, and be afraid and things, by 2050. In his comment he rightfully poses a question: _Airplanes that are afraid of crashing?!?! Remind me to stop flying by 2050, I do not want to crash because some bird flies into an engine, the plane gets scared of crashing, panics and then actually DOES crash because it paniced! Awesome idea._

I can hear the plane now: “ATTENTION ATTENTION, A BIRD ATTACKED ME!!! THERE IS A 50.000001% likelyhood of it having an effect on the engine!!! I AM EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED AT THE MOMENT BUT WILL TRY TO GRAB ALL MY MARBLES AND MIGHT NOT SHUT MYSELF DOWN BECAUSE I AM TOO AFRAID IF YOU ALL THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS!!!” (end screaming airplane) :)