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WCDT Strips 3161 to 3165 (22-26 February 2016)
WoaLG:
--- Quote from: sheenobu on 22 Feb 2016, 23:27 ---It makes me wonder what the QC AI timeline is? (I'm sure it's written down somewhere). Is Veronica not as used to AIs as the people her sons age?
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I don't know exactly when AIs came into being, but it was at least as early as 1994, since http://jephjacques.com/post/14655843351/un-hearing-on-ai-rights happens in 1999 and it says that the first AI spent 5 years in a box.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: sheenobu on 22 Feb 2016, 23:27 ---
--- Quote from: WoaLG on 22 Feb 2016, 23:13 ---I'd say it's a sign of acceptance. It's good that Veronica understands Momo's differences but she mostly interacts with other humans and human is her default mental model of a person. That she automatically lumps Momo in with the other people she cares about means she considers Momo equal to other people and not something "Other."
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Finding out you aren't part of someones default mental model of a person can be an alienating experience. I would consider it an off-the-cuff definition of Othering. I don't think Veronica did anything wrong but she does seem nervous about Momo. It makes me wonder what the QC AI timeline is? (I'm sure it's written down somewhere). Is Veronica not as used to AIs as the people her sons age?
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Welcome, curious new person!
I don't think we have a complete timeline for AI development but we know that full civil rights are a recent development and the outcome of a long struggle. We know that Station has been around at least twenty years, so it must have been a really long struggle.
sheenobu:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 22 Feb 2016, 23:55 ---Welcome, curious new person!
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Thank you! Long time forum lurker. I tried to login to my non-existent account today then realized I had never made one. :-P
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 22 Feb 2016, 23:55 ---I don't think we have a complete timeline for AI development but we know that full civil rights are a recent development and the outcome of a long struggle. We know that Station has been around at least twenty years, so it must have been a really long struggle.
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I never thought about Station since they live in space away from cookie related misunderstandings.
anahata:
Station may be over 20, but since he's part of the E-C research project he may have been around for a long time before AI's started going out into the world as companions for ordinary (not technically minded) people.
BenRG:
I've long wondered if Station might be one of the Gen-Zero AIs, the very first tranche that were laboriously put together in a lab rather than just generated with proven technology. If he is, then the other AIs probably look upon him as one of the Elders and the fact that he helped raise Hannelore (in fact, may be closer to her, emotionally, than her mother and possibly even her father) can only further raise her status in their eyes.
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