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WCDT Strips 3066 to 3070 (12th - 16th October 2015)
St.Clair:
I believe I understand your intent, but...
Taken literally, that, like many (mis)applications of the Golden Rule, might be a mistake.
She's not human.
mustang6172:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 17 Oct 2015, 16:31 ---Well said.
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If Bubbles is like many carbon-based combat veterans she needs someone with the common experience and credibility of another veteran to reach her. The robot support group might be a total failure, for example.
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"Show me how you act, and I will tell you what you believe". If you were in the QC universe, would you treat Momo as an information appliance or as a person? If you treat her as a person then you've acknowledged her personhood even though it's obvious she's a different species from you.
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What do the forum rules say I have to treat Momo as?
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: St.Clair on 17 Oct 2015, 18:13 ---I believe I understand your intent, but...
Taken literally, that, like many (mis)applications of the Golden Rule, might be a mistake.
She's not human.
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So? I made no claim that she was, just that I'd treat her the same as I'd treat a human.
Tova:
--- Quote from: St.Clair on 17 Oct 2015, 18:13 ---I believe I understand your intent, but...
Taken literally, that, like many (mis)applications of the Golden Rule, might be a mistake.
She's not human.
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That is fair enough, she's not; but I believe that the gist of what people are trying to say (as I'm sure you realise) is that the way you would treat an AI in the QC universe would resemble the way you'd treat a human far more closely than the way you'd treat an appliance.
--- Quote from: mustang6172 on 17 Oct 2015, 19:11 ---What do the forum rules say I have to treat Momo as?
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I don't believe the forum rules have much to say on the topic of how to behave during hypothetical meetings betweeen forum members and fictional characters within the QC universe.
Perfectly Reasonable:
I remember one of the Mods saying once that if sapient lobsters joined the forum, he expected them to be treated with decency and respect. (Not a lobster myself, but I applauded.)
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