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AI civil rights and status

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Is it cold in here?:
Someone can be a companion, subject to legal protection against abuse, and still be legally property. Pets are an example. The Pugnacious Peach called Pintsize "my roommate's horrible pet robot".

Jeph said, somewhere, once, that the term "owner" was being rejected by sensitive people in the QC universe even before the equal rights amendment.

Oilman:
Taking the last two posts together, I'd say "horrible pet robot" was a pretty accurate summary of Pintsize. Winslow has always struck me as a fairly limited character, with a tendency to be drawn along by Pintsize.

Momo is simply a different character.

ASB84:
Well, it still feels like a retcon to me, but like I said, a good one. I think it was a better choice, and any inconsistencies can be glossed over or handwaved, in lieu of a comprehensive in-universe explanation. I think the current approach and philosophy is better for the comic, and opens up more possibilities, even if it's in the form of throwaway gags or observational humour.

jwhouk:
Necroing a thread for an observation:

What if the AI's simply ignored humans?

Neko_Ali:
meh.... The article has a couple of interesting points, but the idea is so full of holes you could use it as a sieve. Sure, an emergent AI/society could occupy areas that were inhospitable to humanity... But why would it? It also makes a lot of assumptions that AIs would immediately leap to being completely autonomous with presumably robot workers. The article did point out the biggest flaw in this idea of course. Unless/until such time that this AI/society moves off of Earth, we would be in competition over resources. Computers don't just appear out of thin are. Neither does robots, fuel, energy or other things needed to maintain and expand the AI/society. Only slightly less is this idea of 'well, an advanced intelligence like that would just see humanity like insects and ignore use.' Well, what happens when a huge nests of insects gets all up in your business, or even just starts getting to close an encroaching on your living space? Most people destroy it and kill the insects, then move on with life without a second thought. And of course the article presumes that the leap from non-sentient computers to super intelligence would be immediate, or at least super fast. And that the initial stages of true artificial intelligence would be out of human control. Both make for good science fiction tropes but are pretty unlikely to happen in reality.

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