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WCDT Strips 3426-3430 (27 February - 3 March 2017)
brasca:
--- Quote from: jheartney on 27 Feb 2017, 06:21 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 27 Feb 2017, 01:53 ---I think that Hannelore has suddenly realised that hallucinogenic tea could technically be viewed as an illegal substance or at least potentially so. Is this an idle inquiry or is this a vice bust?
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Given that tea is legal for humans, the default assumption is that it'd be legal for AIs. I'm assuming from Momo's stance on "AI Civil Rights" that there's a presumption that humans and AIs get equal treatment before the law, so even if a statute were passed outlawing tea for AIs, it'd be vulnerable to constitutional challenge on equal protection grounds. To defend it, the government would have to show a valid interest in stopping AIs from sniffing tea, as in you'd need instances of either AIs or humans being harmed by it. From what we've seen, there would be no such instances.
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That and tea manufacturers have the kind of lobbying power to keep their product legal so even if some misguided social crusader tried to ban tea because of hallucinogenic effects on AIs the people at Lipton would kill that bill in Congress.
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: brasca on 27 Feb 2017, 13:42 ---
--- Quote from: jheartney on 27 Feb 2017, 06:21 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 27 Feb 2017, 01:53 ---I think that Hannelore has suddenly realised that hallucinogenic tea could technically be viewed as an illegal substance or at least potentially so. Is this an idle inquiry or is this a vice bust?
--- End quote ---
Given that tea is legal for humans, the default assumption is that it'd be legal for AIs. I'm assuming from Momo's stance on "AI Civil Rights" that there's a presumption that humans and AIs get equal treatment before the law, so even if a statute were passed outlawing tea for AIs, it'd be vulnerable to constitutional challenge on equal protection grounds. To defend it, the government would have to show a valid interest in stopping AIs from sniffing tea, as in you'd need instances of either AIs or humans being harmed by it. From what we've seen, there would be no such instances.
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That and tea manufacturers have the kind of lobbying power to keep their product legal so even if some misguided social crusader tried to ban tea because of hallucinogenic effects on AIs the people at Lipton would kill that bill in Congress.
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You can't stop Big Tea. Ever.
Kugai:
Poor Roko, all she wants is Tea and a decent conversation.
The lonly life of a Police AI
Three weeks later- Hanners: "I think we just adopted another one."
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: Kugai on 27 Feb 2017, 14:46 ---Poor Roko, all she wants is Tea and a decent conversation.
The lonly life of a Police AI
Three weeks later- Hanners: "I think we just adopted another one."
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That's just it, isn't it? Bubbles and Roko are sides of the same coin, one not particularly liked by the wider AI community. Bubbles is looked down upon because she was an AI that decided to volunteer and serve in the military, something that AI like Momo believe that no AI should be doing. At the same time, Roko is an AI policing the AI community, she's a visible reminder that there are criminal AI, that drag down the name of the AI community.
Nepiophage:
--- Quote from: jheartney on 26 Feb 2017, 19:27 --- "Rom-Com with Dom Mom,"
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I bet Jeph wishes he'd thought of that one.
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