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WCDT 4431-4435 (4th-8th of January, 2021)
brasca:
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--- Quote from: brasca on 05 Jan 2021, 19:04 ---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.
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I think humans should be worried about about Spookybot / Yay Newfriend.
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Spookybot has kept a low profile so the general public knows nothing about them, but I’m sure they’re a target of numerous spy agencies. If people knew about Spookybot it would not have a positive effect.
sitnspin:
The majority of people in US prisons are there for small time, non-violent, drug related charges, things that shouldn't even be crimes in the first place. They are exposed to torturous, inhumane conditions and upon release they are blacklisted for the rest of their lives. That's not even taking into account the immense racial bias in sentencing. And then there is the fact that most crime is a direct result of income inequality. So yea, the whole "they deserve what they get" spiel is fucking bollocks.
Case:
--- Quote from: Mordhaus on 06 Jan 2021, 04:12 ---If you look at a country like Norway ...
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I've read similar arguments from US authors comparing the American prison system with the Dutch and German ones. And I don't think those are even the most progressive ones by a long shot - iirc, Spain is one of several European countries that prohibits forced inmate labour.
P.S.: +1 Internets for that post, btw.
--- Quote from: Gus_Smedstad on 05 Jan 2021, 22:32 ---
--- Quote from: Case on 05 Jan 2021, 22:14 ---Not an unreasonable assumption, but I'd like to hear Momo's version before I consider it canon.
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That May would be an unreliable narrator seems pretty likely to me.
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That's ... not quite how I would put it. My point is more that I wouldn't always expect May to make much of an effort to seek out evidence that doesn't support her narrative - eg whether those AI BigBrians had motives other than appeasing humans, like eg being afraid of one of their own number turning on them. Given May's experience, it'd be understandable if she didn't. I know that doesn't contradict your phrasing, it's more a matter of 'overtones'?
Perfectly Reasonable:
Another Fruit Sister becomes canon!
I like Apricot and her color scheme. I'm sure she has some interesting cat stories to tell.
sitnspin:
Story Time:
My best friend, a black woman, just for context, served the same amount of time in prison for marijuana possession as the white dude who killed my wife.
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