Machines With Feelings

Rather than single organisms, some of today's smart machines can be like an'exploded body' where the body parts send signals to a remote brain to analyze. For example, a power company with 1,000 smart wind turbines that send information to a centralized brain (computer algorithm). The turbines can tell the brain how they're running so if there's not much wind, it might spin up some diesel turbines. The wind turbines can also report on usage patterns for their sensitive internal mechanisms and the brain can predict likely impending failures and schedule a proactive maintenance call. The remote brain behaves in a manner that resembles instinct in nature - with an automatic response, rather than a thoughtful one.