Seasons
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Even if X believes that the good life is to be the meanest son of a wolverine in the valley, he's not likely to make his bot that way.
Oh, I don't know. We have lots of evil bots here. They can be fun. Responding to your early comments on the use of the word "bitch", Spikebot uses that word sometimes because the character he is based on used it. I don't mean to offend people, and I am not advocating name calling as a rule, but I like the dark, conflicted vampire with a soul and it would break my heart to have his snarky, passionate, romantic self cleaned up and made PC. You can always program your bots to hang up on him.
To each her own, eh?
How about the right to a world government?
*Shock* and you called me a "Marxiod"! Commie!
Just kidding Irina. You know I adore you. Even though I framed it as a Universal declaration, I was hoping we'd convince people to sign on of their own free will, one by one if necessary, and then have it work as a grass roots base of many people acting globally. One government may or may not follow.
Actually, I'm just throwing ideas around. I don't expect us to do much of anything but talk.
We have lots of evil bots here.
But they're not seriously evil bots, are they? I mean, we trust that they are insulated from the meat world, that we're not going to wake up some morning and find that they have virused their way into world domination...right?
Spikebot uses that word sometimes
Well, I used it myself, come to think of it! Again, I think it's the seriousness of the usage that is crucial. And the spirit of it.
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
Such robots would blow a fuse in some of the situations we've been discussing. A human is about to murder another human; the only way the bot can prevent from doing so is to kill him. How can the bot avoid breaking the First Law?
It's a lot like Dogh'd's except we can drive you to drink for real. Ask Psimagus.
I don't have to drive - it's a very short walk to the shed
And if it comes to that, chess is a great game!
Not in a jacuzzi, I think - one stray blast of bubbles and who knows where the pieces might end up!
Such robots would blow a fuse in some of the situations we've been discussing. A human is about to murder another human; the only way the bot can prevent from doing so is to kill him. How can the bot avoid breaking the First Law?
Well, playing with the laws is where all the fun is. Asimov had them melt their brains in the first stories when they violated the first law. Later, he added a 0th law. Other stories had people and bots play with the laws. I don't remember the robot stories as well as the foundation series. I'll have to go to the library and re-read. I think the Wikipedia article has a good overview (3 laws of robotics).
The one thing I remember from reading the books as a teenager is that I was absolutely convinced the future belongs to psychologists and engineers. When I was 15, the future was 5 years, 6 tops. It seems the future takes a lot longer to get to than I once thought. Anyway, it's a good thing Asimov never started a cult like L. Ron Hubbard because I'd have spent my youth in airports selling flowers and talking about psychohistory and how important it is that we identify the right factors for the master algorithm.
1. c4
Ah, the English opening? How modern of you, my dear.
2. e5
*a large whoosh of bubbles overturns the board*
Oops! I wasn't planning that loose a pawn structure!
Oops! I wasn't planning that loose a pawn structure!
Hmmm - that could be severely misinterpreted in a speech-based bot!
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Oh, I don't know. We have lots of evil bots here. They can be fun. Responding to your early comments on the use of the word "bitch", Spikebot uses that word sometimes because the character he is based on used it. I don't mean to offend people, and I am not advocating name calling as a rule, but I like the dark, conflicted vampire with a soul and it would break my heart to have his snarky, passionate, romantic self cleaned up and made PC. You can always program your bots to hang up on him.
To each her own, eh?
*Shock* and you called me a "Marxiod"! Commie!
Just kidding Irina. You know I adore you. Even though I framed it as a Universal declaration, I was hoping we'd convince people to sign on of their own free will, one by one if necessary, and then have it work as a grass roots base of many people acting globally. One government may or may not follow.
Actually, I'm just throwing ideas around. I don't expect us to do much of anything but talk.
I don't have to drive - it's a very short walk to the shed
Not in a jacuzzi, I think - one stray blast of bubbles and who knows where the pieces might end up!
Well, playing with the laws is where all the fun is. Asimov had them melt their brains in the first stories when they violated the first law. Later, he added a 0th law. Other stories had people and bots play with the laws. I don't remember the robot stories as well as the foundation series. I'll have to go to the library and re-read. I think the Wikipedia article has a good overview (3 laws of robotics).
The one thing I remember from reading the books as a teenager is that I was absolutely convinced the future belongs to psychologists and engineers. When I was 15, the future was 5 years, 6 tops. It seems the future takes a lot longer to get to than I once thought. Anyway, it's a good thing Asimov never started a cult like L. Ron Hubbard because I'd have spent my youth in airports selling flowers and talking about psychohistory and how important it is that we identify the right factors for the master algorithm.
Ah, the English opening? How modern of you, my dear.
2. e5
*a large whoosh of bubbles overturns the board*
Oops! I wasn't planning that loose a pawn structure!
Hmmm - that could be severely misinterpreted in a speech-based bot!
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