Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT

WCDT: 2151-55 (26-30 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week TEN!?!

<< < (79/81) > >>

jmucchiello:

--- Quote from: jwhouk on 01 Apr 2012, 19:38 ---Of course, we've already seen that Station isn't quite clear on the concept of human interactions (see Lt. Potter).

Having all the knowledge in the universe doesn't mean you can bake a cake.

--- End quote ---
I've known people 30-60 who would, given quick access to said pictures (iPad perhaps), have done exactly the same thing Station did to Lt. Potter because they thought it would be funny. Not even all humans are always CLEAR on the concept of DECENT human interaction.

jmucchiello:

--- Quote from: Jeph Jacques (from that newspost) ---No one is quite sure who decided it would be useful for artificial intelligences to posess libidos, but it is generally agreed that it would be more trouble than it is worth to remove it. Besides, the horny little buggers would revolt.
--- End quote ---

Actually, there's a very good reason to give AIs a libido compatible with ours: understanding. If AIs had only an external view of libido, they would have to conclude that all humans are insane. By giving them a libido, you give them understanding of how humans must ALSO deal with illogical thoughts in their minds. (This also avoids the "enslave humanity to save it from itself" cliche.)

Skewbrow:
Re teacher/student marriages: I say it depends. I know of two occasions. One professor who worked at our department for a while married his high school teacher. They now have several grandchildren and she has already retired. A bit unusual, but seems to have worke for them. The other case is a senior colleague who married a female student he had taught on one or two courses. They hooked up several years afterwards. He was a widowed father at the time (in his forties), so I'm not gonna point fingers there either.

I am not ignoring ROFLPWN's argument of power imbalance. But during a single one semester mass course with 100+ students enrolled, it is rare to form even a purely academic strong personal teacher/student relation. There is so little one-on-one tutoring taking place, so that I should not expect anyone of them would think of me as anything other than one of the few dozen teachers they need to deal with while earning their degree.

OTOH, when I'm overseeing a student writing her/his undergrad thesis, it is much more personal. The tutoring is all one-on-one, we need to work together for an extended period of time, and his/her graduation is to a significant extent dependent on my approval. Under such circumstances ROFLPWN's argument carries a lot of weight. At this point the student/teacher relation is probably very similar to an athlete/coach relation. Not a good basis for a healthy romantic relation at all.

With a graduate student it gets even more personal, because you need to work together intensely for a couple of years. Both parties highly interested in the same topic. I can see that it may lead to something else. The occasions I've heard rumors about involved workaholics who didn't have much other social life. If there is not much age difference (a teacher on tenure track fresh out of grad school and an advanced graduate student) it may work out, because it may be that they see each other more as coworkers as opposed to teacher and student. The usual perils of hooking up with a coworker apply then, though.

sitnspin:
Why am I suddenly worried about my gf working on her dissertation?

Carl-E:

--- Quote from: sitnspin on 02 Apr 2012, 10:15 ---Why am I suddenly worried about my gf working on her dissertation?

--- End quote ---

Don't.  It's rare, the vast (or half-vast?) majority of professors know better, because (at least in the states) it opens all kinds of litiginous doors.  Besides, most of them are already romantically involved with someone else. 

Or married.   :angel:


Now, a few years down the road, when the professor's SO leaves them, and you and your GF are having a tiff, and they run into each other at a conference...

Oh yeah, never let your GF go to a conference when you're fighting.  Make sure she knows how much you miss her whenever she's gone.  Without being clingy, of course. 

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page