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Momo and faye
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Oilman on 30 Jan 2015, 03:22 ---No, I'm saying your point is not valid and stating my reasins for saying do
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The second paragraph of the post I quoted in my rebuttal undermines your claim when you start rattling on about where May and where the sales AI came from.
Oilman:
Ok, I've deleted that section if it makes it clearer. The point remains that Momo isn't like an immigrant because as far as anyone can tell, Northsmpton is all she knows.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Oilman on 30 Jan 2015, 03:28 ---Ok, I've deleted that section if it makes it clearer. The point remains that Momo isn't like an immigrant because as far as anyone can tell, Northsmpton is all she knows.
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Still missing the point.
It isn't that she's from somewhere else. It is because, like an immigrant, she is part of a minority that suffers a considerable social stigma and discrimination in certain circles (she once noted to Marten that a local preacher in Northampton said that AIs have no souls and that this disturbed her). One can be an outsider even in the place you've lived all your life if you fit into the loudest people's concept of 'the Other/the Alien'.
BTW - Momo's original chassis was built by Sony, IIRC. It is thus quite possible that she is Japanese by 'birth' (her algorithm was compiled in a Japanese electronics laboratory) but has only ever been operational in the US. However, there is no way of knowing that for certain. It is quite possible that she was compiled and installed on her original chassis in a Sony-owned factory/laboratory in the US.
Oilman:
No, you are defining "immigrant" as "victim" which is a very specific point if view, which you then overturn by pointing out that the sense of lack of belonging doesn't necessarily relate to immigration at all.
I'd disregarded the question of where she was assembled because as you say, it doesn't lead anywhere useful.
As far as I can see, Momo answers the question about souls when she describes an AI "religion" which makes sense in context but is completely inaccessible to humans.
Thrillho:
No, he's defining 'immigrant' as 'minority,' which is absolutely correct (what countries have a population that is anywhere close to 51% immigrants?), and any minority faces stigma and discrimination. You're focusing on the immigrant comparison instead of the minority comparison.
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