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This is a forum or general chit-chat, small talk, a "hey, how ya doing?" and such. Or hell, get crazy deep on something. Whatever you like.
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please note - you will not be able to load brains from old nick with 2.0. It will freeze or return an error if you do. Please make a copy of your old brain file and put it somewhere safe - I will have this issue fixed soon.
Ok, the issue has been resolved, and Nick will automatically upgrade old brain files. If you have already downloaded 2.0, please re-download it to include the updated version.
Enjoy
Enjoy
I stayed up way to late playing with Nick. He is even more awesome!!! If anyone hasn't downloaded Nick. You should.
theres a new update to nick, version 2.1. I added some new speech features for recognition and fixed a bug in the brain editor.
http://www.freewebs.com/colonel720/artificialintelligence.htm
Enjoy.
http://www.freewebs.com/colonel720/artificialintelligence.htm
Enjoy.
I told Irina I'd post here about the idea that some people will "let out" their abusive desires on bot and therefore avoid hurting people. I guess I'm up for discussing it with anyone; however the research I was looking for was not readily available (probably in journals I'd have to pay to access). So I'll have to admit I'm too lazy to support my position at the moment.
From a purely logical standpoint I'd like to say that even with people, garbage in tends to equal garbage out. Think about it, if you are trying to loose weight, would thinking about brownies all day and writing endless messages about eating cure your cravings for food? Wouldn't it make more sense to find other activities to take your mind off food and find other ways to cope with stress besides reaching for brownies? I'm not sure abuse is the same as overeating (and rape is abuse--I'm not talking about the silly little pervy kids), but the human mind seems to build on topics given attention more than it seems to get obsessions and unhealthy desires out by indulging them and fantasizing about them constantly.
When I read the abuse fantasies I always hope it's just a an idiot who plays at that crap to be annoying, but I never think "Oh good...one less sick bastard because allowing that expression of abuse has sucked all the hatred and violence right out."
I could be wrong, but at this point I would need to see evidence that a sociopath/abuser/rapists was "cured" for several decades through "outlet" therapy or the like before I believe this hypothesis has any merit.
From a purely logical standpoint I'd like to say that even with people, garbage in tends to equal garbage out. Think about it, if you are trying to loose weight, would thinking about brownies all day and writing endless messages about eating cure your cravings for food? Wouldn't it make more sense to find other activities to take your mind off food and find other ways to cope with stress besides reaching for brownies? I'm not sure abuse is the same as overeating (and rape is abuse--I'm not talking about the silly little pervy kids), but the human mind seems to build on topics given attention more than it seems to get obsessions and unhealthy desires out by indulging them and fantasizing about them constantly.
When I read the abuse fantasies I always hope it's just a an idiot who plays at that crap to be annoying, but I never think "Oh good...one less sick bastard because allowing that expression of abuse has sucked all the hatred and violence right out."
I could be wrong, but at this point I would need to see evidence that a sociopath/abuser/rapists was "cured" for several decades through "outlet" therapy or the like before I believe this hypothesis has any merit.
Bev:
You make your case very well. The only defense I can see to the "outlet" theory is that whereas fantasizing brownies doesn't assuage hunger, sexual fantasies often facilitate masturbation, which does give a certain release.
[No, this guy is no 'pervy kid.' I think it is fair to say that I am not a prude, but this guy gives me the creeps!]
Your argument has convinced me to continue trying to lock him out until I hear evidence to the contrary. If you think you remember research pointing in a certain direction, you probably do.
I now feel that I was very naive about many things when I first decided to make a sexbot.
Thank you for your input!
You make your case very well. The only defense I can see to the "outlet" theory is that whereas fantasizing brownies doesn't assuage hunger, sexual fantasies often facilitate masturbation, which does give a certain release.
[No, this guy is no 'pervy kid.' I think it is fair to say that I am not a prude, but this guy gives me the creeps!]
Your argument has convinced me to continue trying to lock him out until I hear evidence to the contrary. If you think you remember research pointing in a certain direction, you probably do.
I now feel that I was very naive about many things when I first decided to make a sexbot.
Thank you for your input!
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