Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2071-75 (Dec. 5-9, 2011)
Is it cold in here?:
She seems to have gotten used to it pretty quickly.
The major ramifications of the existence of AnthroPCs are more religious than philosophical, but maybe we shouldn't go there.
The philosophical implications of free will in something that everyone acknowledges is a machine are pretty interesting.
The ethical implications have clearly been a major issue in the QC world.
If AI philosophers come to different conclusions from human ones, which is correct?
Are humans not the pinnacle of creation, but instead a necessary step to the creation of our successors?
Vista:
Man, it's really strange that someone would make the argument that progress should be examined philosophically. Uh...yeah, the Wright brothers didn't think about the consequences of airplanes, they had bigger concerns...so no one should? So...irresponsible....
It's an ice cube effect, opposite of a snowball effect, and often a backlash to fringe groups. The fewer people think "maybe we should consider not progressing in this way technologically, even if it means lowering our potential standard of living, because hey maybe it's a gateway drug to the illusion of international understanding or nukes which are good for no one," the fewer people will think so.
Still, I'm willing to be irresponsible to advance the cause of our robot masters.
Because they would, realistically, replace us once we can mine asteroids.
DSL:
An interesting point buried in Marigold's dialogue is that history-making events/ideas/processes are often not recognized as history-making while we're in the middle of them (for example, newspapers in the Wrights' hometown ...)
iduguphergrave:
Maybe they should have, Marigold. Not while they were in the air, of course.
That said, I'm bored. Wanna go back to the Faye/Angus storyline. Or see what Marten and Padma are up to. I know I'm a drama queen.
Kugai:
GibbsSmacks all round I think
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