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Wouldn't robots consider the words "robots" and "artificial" offensive?
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: chilepepper0418 on 31 May 2018, 11:41 ---I think robots would pick their own names for the humans to call them, and in this case, I think Jeph could have a lot of fun with it!
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I can see that and it would be fascinating!
Morituri:
See, that's the thing. The intelligence isn't really artificial. There is not a darn thing that's fake about it. There's also not a darn thing that's fake about the bodies and brains it's housed in, unless we're talking about an AI in simulated space on a server rack somewhere, where it has the illusion of arms and legs to use.
They're made of synthetic materials instead of organic, but they are absolutely real.
Dandi Andi:
Would "synthetic intelligence" be more appropriate than "artificial intelligence" then? Artificial gives the impression that we're talking about something that merely gives the appearance of intelligence. It's an accurate description of video game AI which is adaptive and looks intelligent, but is in fact merely running a script. But the characters in QC aren't running scripts. So perhaps they only accept AI as a matter of convention.
Is it cold in here?:
If they did object to the term "AI" we would have heard about it by now.
A small perverse otter:
--- Quote from: pecoros7 on 31 May 2018, 18:10 ---Would "synthetic intelligence" be more appropriate than "artificial intelligence" then? Artificial gives the impression that we're talking about something that merely gives the appearance of intelligence.
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I'm not sure that "synthetic intelligence" is any better than "artificial intelligence", though. If I were trying to find a descriptive but not pejorative term for QC AIs, I would call them "Non-human sapients": they are true sapients and they are not humans. There's obviously going to be a grey area. (Is Clinton a non-human sapient? Would a brain in a box be non-human? Where should I draw the line?) but I think it would be a good start.
Then again, AIs appear to *like* being called AIs. I'm not going to impose my own name on them.
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