[alicebot-aiethics] How should we respond to this?

[Robby Garner]

Ing. Pedro E. Colla said:
> Beyond a source to think in the legal paradox this consideration has a
> practical
> corner; if you put disclaimers..... what legal/ethical system you'll
address
> with them?

It is the psychological which would be addressed. People who tend to worry
about a scientist evesdropping on them, might feel better if properly
cautioned. (in theory. in practice, it might just worry more people)

Here's a British Example:

  Hi, I'm Mabel, the Hamill Internet chatterbot. I'll hold a conversation
with you in plain English, on any subject you choose. All exchanges with me
are logged, but you can't be identified as an individual. So feel free to
say whatever you like.

Mabel is provided for entertainment purposes only. Neither Hamill Internet
nor its officers employees servants or agents shall be in any way liable for
any losses costs expenses or damages however caused or for any other loss
claim matter circumstance or event whatsoever in connection with or arising
out of or attributable to any conversation with Mabel. So there!

This seems a bit paranoid though ;-)

Robby



----- Original Message -----
From: "Ing. Pedro E. Colla" <colla@pec.pccp.com.ar>
To: <alicebot-aiethics@list.alicebot.org>
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [alicebot-aiethics] How should we respond to this?


> In one paragraph of the note the guy seems to be in doubt if it's legal or
> not whatever
> the bot did with his daughter's information.
>
> I wonder what is the legal system that applies to such scenario.
>
> It's unlikely at this stage of the technology for any legal issue to be of
> the penal
> lawdom, it is likely to be on the civil lawdom. Which has a 70%
probability
> of being
> local or state and 30% of being nation level on most western societies.
>
> So, the framework to apply would be the one of the botmaster where the
> intelligence
> of the "offending" parts were created? the framework of the "daughter"
were
> the "evil
> unlawful" act were perpetrated? or the framework of where the server is
> which is the
> physical location where the offense were committed?
>
> In the case of the US it might fall into the umbrella of a federal case,
but
> let's assume
> for the moment it's a canadian botmaster, a mexican daughter on a US
> ISP......?
>
> Even if the case in considered based on ethics rather than law it could be
> extended
> to a case where an US daughter uses a bot created by a chinese botmaster
> being
> run on an hipotetical middle-east based ISP; what ethics system will be
> used?
>
> Beyond a source to think in the legal paradox this consideration has a
> practical
> corner; if you put disclaimers..... what legal/ethical system you'll
address
> with them?
>
> Ing. Pedro E. Colla
> Adrogue-BA
> Argentina
>
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