I thought I was joking

But actually, today and tomorrow, the Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College is hosting a conference on The Human Algorithm. I wish I knew about it in time to go there! Speakers include Daniel Dennett, Patricia Churchland, Marc Hauser and others for an impressive line-up who for sure will reveal the exact steps to be taken by any machine longing to be functionally equivalent to a human being. Free will and legal responsibility included.

I'm only half-joking. Maybe they will publish the proceedings.