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"Why not program computers to take over the really dull jobs that human beings have to do - such as praying and behaving morally? At the William Morris Institute of Automation Research they are doing just that to free mankind for the really stimulating and demanding tasks of living today - first and foremost the impending visit of Her Majesty the Queen to open its new wing."--Jacket.
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 2003Tin MenFaber and Faber · 192 pages · 9780571212668
- Other · English · 1985HarperCollins Publishers · 160 pages · 9780006541028
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