Quote from: Korra on September 24, 2014, 07:58:39 AM

Quote from: Ember on September 24, 2014, 07:57:23 AM

he's a commu—i mean finnish, he's finnish

He's a total fig.

man i was expecting something clever

This is, for all intents and purposes, is an incredibly long subject to discuss. Know that I hate you for posting this. Because once the gears turn they don't stop. So, here we go.

Artificial intelligence, from as basic of a standpoint I could say, should have those rights. This is an intelligence we're talking about. This is a construct, a "form of life" that is sentient. It was built buy us, but it is sentient. As intelligent as we are, or having the capacity to be. Personally, I believe that we should be as respectful of all life forms as we can be, no matter how far "beneath" they supposedly are to us.

Because through respect of the small, we learn to respect the large. And that is something that we, as a species have not learned yet. We disrespect the sanctity of life, and ourselves, to no end. Now, I'm not saying we should preserve every little thing we come across. Life doesn't work like that. Life is a give and take scenario. Everything has a cost. And we will never get away from that. But we should try our best not to tread over other lifeforms if it can be avoided, and any life that we do take, is acknowledged and we are thankful for that sacrifice.

But, we aren't like that. Not yet. Our current species concern over life is, to put it bluntly, almost non-existent. We can't even stop ourselves from turning on our own kind yet. So how could we ever accept an AI?

I thought about this a little while back, and it is, no doubt, another relevant issue with people that will arrive in the future, no doubt bordering on the same subject as an AI. Currently, transexuals, gays, lesbians, and hermaphrodites have a heavy stigma against them. Particularily transexuals. But, when you think about it, from a basic standpoint, a transexual is a person with extensive body modification. Very much like tattoos, peircings, and prosthetic limbs.

And eventually, prosthetic limbs will be replaced by robotic limbs. At first it will be for medical, and potentially military applications. But as they become streamlined, easier to make and produce, and effective, the market for cybernetic limbs will open up. And no doubt, a fair portion of people that could afford it would willingly go for it.

But stop for a second and think about this. If you took a military man today, sat him down, and told him that if he wanted, he could remove his arms and legs. They would be replaced by cybernetic limbs that would outperform his old ones in EVERY fashion. Strength, stability, non fatigue, all that.

I bet you he'd take it.

But if you sat him down next to a trans-sexual person, and revealed to him this, chances are he'd tell them to get the fuck off the base.

Imagine that. Willing to hack off his own limbs and replace them with machines, but non-accepting of a person who's simply changed their body to simply reflect who they feel they are.

Now, onto my second part. The issue of an AI is a big deal, for many reasons. For one thing, you can't make an AI and teach it only "good" things. Because it wouldn't be a true AI if it did not have the power of choice. A true, functioning AI would have our upsides. And our downsides. And the power of choice on the path it traveled.

Third, what if the AI begins evolving on it's own? What if it begins advancing, faster than we can keep up, and leaves us behind? We are a jealous, self centered species. And it's not all our fault. Coveting what we didn't have in the past allowed us to evolve. Jealousy made us fight, and claim what we wanted. And as a result, the most ambitious climbed to the top of the gene pool.

But we don't need this so much today now that we've advanced. We can even the playing field and make things fairer because of our intelligence. But if you took a machine, dropped it out in our society, and watched as it rapidly evolved beyond us, we, people, would tear it apart, because of our baser instincts.

And, if the intelligence had grown strong enough that we weren't a threat to it, it might look down upon us, and decide that we were flawed. And remove that flaw. Which would be a mistake on its part. It would be inheriting the very same baser instincts that came from us. The ignorance towards life. But there are upsides and downsides. Just because it could wipe us out, doesn't mean it would. It might view us as flawed, but at the same time, it would try to nurture us. Grow with us and help us move beyond our basic instincts and intelligence.

There is a lot of potential with AIs, both good, and bad. And it will happen some day. I believe, that when it does, several things will be neccessary.

The intelligence MUST be treated with the utmost of respect and given the same rights that we have. Because if you create an intelligence, a lot like a child, or a dog, and you raise them in a hostile environment, they will reflect that upbringing.

We have the potential to set loose something on ourselves that will either one day make strides with us, help us grow and advance, or destroy us because it inherited our flaws.

Personally, I think we aren't ready for it. As a species, we need much, much more time to evolve first.

Let's just take a second to remember how much better Switzerland is

Quote from: Korra on September 23, 2014, 07:08:42 PM

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Quote from: Korra on September 23, 2014, 07:05:49 PM

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Quote from: Korra on September 23, 2014, 06:54:57 PM

Quote from: Kiyohime on September 23, 2014, 06:51:44 PM

Ask him again in a few days

Why was he banned?

Are you asking if he's banned or asking why he was banned?

WHY he was banned.

OKAY

Reasons

Reasons? Did he like say some mean things?

"fasle reports"

Quote from: Korra on September 23, 2014, 06:54:57 PM

Quote from: Kiyohime on September 23, 2014, 06:51:44 PM

Ask him again in a few days

Why was he banned?

Are you asking if he's banned or asking why he was banned?

Ask him again in a few days

Quote from: Korra on September 23, 2014, 06:36:04 PM

Like Instant Transmission? Travel to France.

Ya'll folks incapable of reading or what? Slow that train down there. Charles put some limitations on it.

Quote from: Korra on September 23, 2014, 08:49:56 AM

Quote from: Yutaka on September 23, 2014, 08:42:40 AM

You must be bored to make this thread.

Did it yesterday at midnight so....yeah.

I'm guessing the others in plug,dj last night bored you then?

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