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WCDT Strips 3161 to 3165 (22-26 February 2016)
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: comicalArchitect on 22 Feb 2016, 09:05 ---Regarding the term "robot": I see it as almost like "colored". Not quite overtly offensive, but still antiquated enough that humans shouldn't use it.
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Considering that the word robot came from the Czech word "robota", which means "forced labour", as in serfdom, itself coming from the word "rab" meaning "slave", I can understand why many AI and AnthroPCs might feel that the word is offensive.
With regards to Sam's questioning, I'm kinda getting the feeling that Jeph is using this both as a means to answer a perhaps oft-asked question with an innocent response, but also as a means to gauge people's responses to something happening somewhere down the line.
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 22 Feb 2016, 14:23 ---I'm guessing "jab" means vaccination? That's an interesting way to put it, hopefully whoever is wielding the needle doesn't take it literally.
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Ever had to get an intramuscular vaccine shot? I've seen doctors and nurses practically throw the syringe to get it deep enough to where it needs to go.
Mordhaus:
All AI's want to do is to serve Man.
Morituri:
I think the politically correct word would probably be "Synthetic."
Some people already use (and actively encourage others to use) it in discussions on "Artificial Intelligence" because what we're trying to create isn't FAKE intelligence, it's NON BIOLOGICAL intelligence. Similarly, "Robot" sort of implies an automaton (or slave) working according to an owners' orders where 'synthetic' just means it was created by technical means, so "Synthetic" is probably a much better word there.
However, it's never been used AFAIK in QC, so YMMV.
Neko_Ali:
--- Quote from: Mordhaus on 22 Feb 2016, 14:55 ---All AI's want to do is to serve Man.
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Plot twist! It's a cookbook!
Tova:
The term "jab" to mean "vaccine" is common here in Australia, at least.
I am generally fine with needles, but I still have memories of getting a cat scan as a young teenager, where they had to inject some kind of fluid into my spinal column, preceded by the teeniest little needle you've ever seen to administer an anesthetic. It seemed to take them forever, and I was in tears. They admonished me thus:
"We had a little girl in here, and she didn't cry."
"I DON'T CARE"
I'd rather not go through that again, thank you.
I'll be getting flu jab in the near future. Some people have bruising and all kinds of horrible problems, but luckily for me, it is no problem, and the people who administer it are pretty skilled at it.
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