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What is the social/ethical/legal status of AnthroPCs?
raoullefere:
E-I-E-I-O
Carl-E:
I will, henceforth, refer to him as "MacDonald".
Fits the neckbeard (and attitude) to a T.
Heranje:
--- Quote from: Near Lurker on 05 May 2010, 11:17 ---Now I'm wondering if there really are 1.5-2m "fully functional" anthroPC's. And if so, why there's still a market for Realdolls.
--- End quote ---
Remember Hanners' proto-boyfriend? "His bait and tackle are still in beta."
Also, Hanners' and Dora's jokes about realdolls with artificial intelligence might explain why some people don't want them to be able to think. The whole point of a realdoll is to have a partner that you can pull out whenever you like and neglect at all other times and do whatever you like to without objection or complaint, isn't it? Of course, you could argue that it'd be possible to program AI-realdolls so they do follow their owner's every whim.
Robotic or not, realdolls are creepy.
Is it cold in here?:
Hmm. It seems to be problematic to program AnthroPCs to do whatever you want them to do. On the other hand strip 1411 suggests that they really are slaves to their software.
Carl-E:
Time for a little necrothreadiphelia. I felt it was an appropriate callback given the upcoming arc. Besides, it's a good thread - the new people should read it!
Basically, I was wondering how the folks at UMass found Marten in the first place. It speaks to the fact that, at the very least, you need to somehow register your AnthroPC (can we agree on APC for short?).
After all, the local police need to track down the owner in the event of personal/property damage!
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