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This report summarises views expressed in the second of three BCS Thought Leadership Debates run in association with the UK Office of Science and Technology as part of the Cognitive Systems Programme of the UK Foresight Programme, which explores areas for advanced research. The event was on 25 November 2004 at the Institute of Directors in London. Two expert speakers stimulated debate with short talks and then the 30 participants discussed the topic in small groups over dinner. The participants were mainly senior computer scientists and neuroscientists from UK universities, with others from specialist companies and research organisations. After dinner each table reported back to the entire gathering.