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WCDT strips 3666 to 3670 (29th January to 2nd February 2018)
Shaitan051:
Yes, it is a real issue that affects real people. Possibly all people. So how about we don't brush it aside as a debate for "rich people's children" because it makes you uncomfortable, Ms Literal Warbot?
Ms Literal Warbot that actually met an "AI God", unbound by law and morality, and therefore knows damn well that humanities fears are completely justified. :x
SpanielBear:
--- Quote from: Shaitan051 on 30 Jan 2018, 20:36 ---Yes, it is a real issue that affects real people. Possibly all people. So how about we don't brush it aside as a debate for "rich people's children" because it makes you uncomfortable, Ms Literal Warbot?
Ms Literal Warbot that actually met an "AI God", unbound by law and morality, and therefore knows damn well that humanities fears are completely justified. :x
--- End quote ---
I get the feeling that Bubbles wasn't objecting to the debate so much as how it was raised. Evie was talking about wide ranging social issues as though they were entirely abstract, ignoring the fact that to Bubbles this is something she lives with and experiences daily.
I'm trying hard to think of a sensitive way to rephrase the analogy, but saying "in some ways AI's are as dangerous as nukes" is not a neutral statement when as far as Bubbles is concerned, Evie was saying "In some ways *you* are as dangerous as nukes". Evie saying that also carried with it a subtext (an unintentional subtext) of "so obviously you cannot fit in to our society, the friendships you are making are illusory and to humanity artificial lives will always be fearsome and "other"". I can see why Bubbles would find this massively upsetting.
You are right that the existence of spookybot and the powers Station has demonstrated are potential threats. But so are many things. I live in England, a country known for incredibly tight gun laws. Following the spate of terrorist attacks last summer, armed police were patrolling public areas for about a week. Seeing men with assault weapons in a shopping centre was deeply, deeply disturbing. It felt like we were sacrificing liberty through fear. Also, freaking men with guns, it is really hard to get across how unsettling that is in this country. So a debate about the need for armed civilian police in our country in that case would be legitimate. Telling those men to their faces that they represented a threat to my way of life just as much as the terrorists did would *definately* be out of order.
Evie has a right to debate and study the relationship between AI's and humanity. She has a responsibilty to do so with sensitivity. She failed to do so, and ended up being rude.
Shaitan051:
--- Quote from: SpanielBear on 30 Jan 2018, 21:01 ---Telling those men to their faces that they represented a threat to my way of life just as much as the terrorists did would *definately* be out of order.
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and utterly ludicrous. :roll:
When it comes to the possible destruction/enslavement of the human race, "am I being rude to the living example of what we fear?" is the least of your worries. (How the hell did she get to keep her armour let alone her current body, which is almost certainly government issued?)
SpanielBear:
--- Quote from: Shaitan051 on 30 Jan 2018, 21:11 ---
--- Quote from: SpanielBear on 30 Jan 2018, 21:01 ---Telling those men to their faces that they represented a threat to my way of life just as much as the terrorists did would *definately* be out of order.
--- End quote ---
and utterly ludicrous. :roll:
When it comes to the possible destruction/enslavement of the human race, "am I being rude?" is the least of your worries.
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It is if you are talking to a sentient agent. If nothing else, if you are legitimately concerned that they are a risk to humanity (and for the record, I don't think Evie does think that), surely being polite would be basic self preservation...
Shaitan051:
--- Quote from: SpanielBear on 30 Jan 2018, 21:17 ---
--- Quote from: Shaitan051 on 30 Jan 2018, 21:11 ---
--- Quote from: SpanielBear on 30 Jan 2018, 21:01 ---Telling those men to their faces that they represented a threat to my way of life just as much as the terrorists did would *definately* be out of order.
--- End quote ---
and utterly ludicrous. :roll:
When it comes to the possible destruction/enslavement of the human race, "am I being rude?" is the least of your worries.
--- End quote ---
It is if you are talking to a sentient agent. If nothing else, if you are legitimately concerned that they are a risk to humanity (and for the record, I don't think Evie does think that), surely being polite would be basic self preservation...
--- End quote ---
"Be nice to robots or DIE", yeah nothing to worry about there.
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