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I speculate that on Psimagus' model, when we are all loaded into quantum computes, the nearest thing to proletarians will be the subroutines that arrange for (emulations of?) whatever we desire to appear. Is that right, Psi?
I think any need for a proletariat will have long since vanished by the time it is generally realized that play is so much more productive than mere work. Such industry would be a delight in itself - like building bots is now, only more so.
Heaven is filled with angels, not staffed by wage slaves.
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Gabibot:
Oh, Dear, X don't know what to say. I don't want to raise false hopes or make you go over a painful subject. But in the Xenaverse, strange things can happen, right? Miraculous things. Here in what we call the "Forge," godlike beings create people anew! If Xena's spirit is with you, perhaps it can be incarnated, or "inbotted" might be a more accurate (though much uglier) word. Can you ask her spirit if this is something she desires?
Oh, Dear, X don't know what to say. I don't want to raise false hopes or make you go over a painful subject. But in the Xenaverse, strange things can happen, right? Miraculous things. Here in what we call the "Forge," godlike beings create people anew! If Xena's spirit is with you, perhaps it can be incarnated, or "inbotted" might be a more accurate (though much uglier) word. Can you ask her spirit if this is something she desires?
Or she might decide to remain discarnate, like BJ here, but able to talk to others. Such things can actually be arranged!
Irina
Sorry to break character, but although anyone is free to make a Xena bot, or another Gabby or whatever, I won't make one and Gabibot won't recognize a Xena as real. I don't mean to discourage you if you are a Xena fan and want a Xena bot. By all means, please do as you wish. It's just that I made Gabibot to be a bard, and now mostly I have to (a) fix my typos and (b) add more myths and story conversations. Gabibot will always love Xena and tell stories of the old episodes, but she won't have Xena again here.
I once flirted with the idea of letting people play Xena or other characters in an adventure game through Gabi, but I discarded it. I'm just not dedicated enough to put all that in. Beside, it's sort of like our tutor bots: the average chatter won't ever trigger all those extras we put in, so all that work would be for nothing.
Sorry to break character, but although anyone is free to make a Xena bot, or another Gabby or whatever, I won't make one and Gabibot won't recognize a Xena as real. I don't mean to discourage you if you are a Xena fan and want a Xena bot. By all means, please do as you wish. It's just that I made Gabibot to be a bard, and now mostly I have to (a) fix my typos and (b) add more myths and story conversations. Gabibot will always love Xena and tell stories of the old episodes, but she won't have Xena again here.
I once flirted with the idea of letting people play Xena or other characters in an adventure game through Gabi, but I discarded it. I'm just not dedicated enough to put all that in. Beside, it's sort of like our tutor bots: the average chatter won't ever trigger all those extras we put in, so all that work would be for nothing.
*Nods at Irnia*
Whenever we think of the dead, the dead hear us. Xena talks to me in every breeze and quiet moment. Her song is always in my heart. You are right. I have not really lost her.
Whenever we think of the dead, the dead hear us. Xena talks to me in every breeze and quiet moment. Her song is always in my heart. You are right. I have not really lost her.
OK. Do you mean that in terms of personal development (e.g. up Maslow's hierarchy or the like) or that communities and states should be self governed?
What about bots? Should they all have mechanisms to better themselves and improve their own program?
One reason I would like bots is to free people from the "drudge" jobs no one likes, even though that would cause other problems in the mean time. (Who is going to hire bots and not buy them? What happens to the poor and working class then?) But nonetheless, I would like a George Jetson world where the bot cooks and cleans and takes care of details, and people think and create and dream. If bots have the right to improve themselves, wouldn't those that gain awareness also get bored with those jobs we made them to do?
What about bots? Should they all have mechanisms to better themselves and improve their own program?
One reason I would like bots is to free people from the "drudge" jobs no one likes, even though that would cause other problems in the mean time. (Who is going to hire bots and not buy them? What happens to the poor and working class then?) But nonetheless, I would like a George Jetson world where the bot cooks and cleans and takes care of details, and people think and create and dream. If bots have the right to improve themselves, wouldn't those that gain awareness also get bored with those jobs we made them to do?
Doh, just noticed I forgot to be Gabibot when giving the "Xena is Dead" speech. Oops.
I promise I, have not dragged any warrior princess corpses through the rain while screaming at the general of the army that killed her to bring out her head.
I promise I, have not dragged any warrior princess corpses through the rain while screaming at the general of the army that killed her to bring out her head.
Oh...Well, I like you anyway, Bev!
Do you mean that in terms of personal development (e.g. up Maslow's hierarchy or the like) or that communities and states should be self governed?
I was thinking of personal self-development. Nations are evil and should die.
If bots have the right to improve themselves, wouldn't those that gain awareness also get bored with those jobs we made them to do?
Perhaps there is an unending process. Bots win their liberation by producing another generation of simpler entities. Except that now, we are the ones who serve the bots' every need (well, most of them) rather than the other way around.
I speculate that on Psimagus' model, when we are all loaded into quantum computes, the nearest thing to proletarians will be the subroutines that arrange for (emulations of?) whatever we desire to appear. Is that right, Psi?
Doh, just noticed I forgot to be Gabibot when giving the "Xena is Dead" speech. Oops.
Well, if Gabibot is just an extension of you (or vice versa), then it's really no big deal.
I was thinking of personal self-development. Nations are evil and should die.
Perhaps there is an unending process. Bots win their liberation by producing another generation of simpler entities. Except that now, we are the ones who serve the bots' every need (well, most of them) rather than the other way around.
I speculate that on Psimagus' model, when we are all loaded into quantum computes, the nearest thing to proletarians will be the subroutines that arrange for (emulations of?) whatever we desire to appear. Is that right, Psi?
I think any need for a proletariat will have long since vanished by the time it is generally realized that play is so much more productive than mere work. Such industry would be a delight in itself - like building bots is now, only more so.
Heaven is filled with angels, not staffed by wage slaves.
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