The importance of human life should be universally respected - and that refers to children before they are born and after. All children have the right to be brought up in a loving two-parent family where the notion of divorce is not even possible.
My car and my adding machine understand nothing: they are not in that line of business.
I will argue that in the literal sense the programmed computer understands...
We often attribute 'understanding' and other cognitive predicates by metaphor...
I wanted to end my life so bad and was in my car ready to go down that ramp...
If you don't drink smoke or drive a car you're a tax evader.
He's computerized but I won't let him come on cold. I created KITT. I...