Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 4431-4435 (4th-8th of January, 2021)
hedgie:
I’ve already seen some great hypotheses as to how prison works for AIs, and I do have one of my own, which could, of course include aspects of others. Given how recent in-universe, true AIs running around is, May couldn’t have been locked up for a long time chronologically, and it’s highly likely that the prosecutors/judge would have nailed her to the wall. So I’m thinking, it’s like that DS9 episode “Hard Time”, where O’Brian ends up serving 20 years in a matter of hours, and that perceived time is far longer than has actually occured.
Apologies if someone else pointed this out first, I probably missed it.
Gyrre:
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Of COURSE Robot Jail was built by Robots to appease humans...
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Were they wrong? Considering the advantages AIs possess as well as a rich fictional history of AIs turning against humans it’s a reasonable concern. In this webcomic there are a few instances of AIs joking about stealing nuclear launch codes.
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[Insert one of a myriad of quotes about the horrible things frightened humans are capable of doing]
Gnabberwocky:
To further answer the question of "what should we do with criminal AIs," I feel like we need to know more about Robot Jail and what's so terrible about it. That would allow us to devise more humane solutions. It's clear that whatever RJ is, it's overly harsh and has effects long past a prisoner's release. But in fairness, May did steal a considerable amount of money to purchase a weaponized strike zone, and the prosecutors didn't know her motivation. It makes sense that she'd receive some punishment. Does she deserve incomprehensible torture for a near-infinite amount of time? Of course not. Should she have gotten some community service hours in the form of unpaid processor rent-out? Sounds a lot more fair, considering she never actually hurt anyone (money was most likely returned to wherever she stole it from).
awkwardness:
Those who whine about jails and "cruel and unusual punishment" I have found 95% of the time have A. been arrested for a crime that they were actually guilty of B. were upset because they got caught and C. did it willingly and knowingly with the penalties known ahead of time.
Save your breath about "cruel and unusual punishment", if you break the law you better expect punishment because why the hell should we, those who try to live our lives peacefully, have to endure people robbing us for drugs, beating the crap out of us because they can, and drive anywhere and anywhere while high as a kite, drunk as a skunk, and all over the road.
OK I'm out. I'll return when things calm down after the inevitable flame war against me for going against the grain.
Case:
--- Quote from: shanejayell on 05 Jan 2021, 18:31 ---Of COURSE Robot Jail was built by Robots to appease humans...
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Not an unreasonable assumption, but I'd like to hear Momo's version before I consider it canon.
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