[aiethics] I only have 6 words for this committee

Richard Wallace rwallace@best.com
Sat, 16 Jun 2001 05:36:27 +0400


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4207.2601" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>Alicebot AI Ethics Committee - =
http://www.alicebot.org

<P>
<HR><CENTER><STRONG>ListBot Sponsor</STRONG></CENTER>Get a low APR =
NextCard Visa in 30 seconds!<BR>
     1.  Fill in the brief application<BR>
     2.  Receive approval decision within 30 seconds<BR>
     3.  Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no =
annual fee!<BR>
Apply NOW!<BR><A =
HREF=3Dttp://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard">http://www.bcentral.com/l=
istbot/NextCard</A><BR><HR><P>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The thing that struck me about the meat =
eating=20
robot stories is that the inventors didn't</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>claim to have invented a meat-powered =
engine, or a=20
meat-powered car, but specifically</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>a meat-powered ROBOT.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Rich</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
  <DIV=20
  style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
  <A title=3Ddrossmann@arcormail.de =
href=3D"mailto:drossmann@arcormail.de">Christian=20
  Dro=DFmann</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Daiethics@listbot.com=20
  href=3D"mailto:aiethics@listbot.com">Alicebot AI Ethics Committee</A> =
</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 15, 2001 =
4:00 PM</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> AW: [aiethics] I only =
have 6=20
  words for this committee</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>Alicebot AI Ethics Committee - <A=20
  href=3D"http://www.alicebot.org">http://www.alicebot.org</A>=20
  <P>
  <HR>

  <CENTER><STRONG>ListBot Sponsor</STRONG></CENTER>Get a low APR =
NextCard Visa=20
  in 30 seconds!<BR>1. Fill in the brief application<BR>2. Receive =
approval=20
  decision within 30 seconds<BR>3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or =
9.99%=20
  Ongoing APR and no annual fee!<BR>Apply NOW!<BR><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard">http://www.bcentral.com=
/listbot/NextCard</A><BR>
  <HR>

  <P>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <BLOCKQUOTE=20
  style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px =
solid">
    <P>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MEAT EATING</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
    =
href=3D"http://cincinnati.bcentral.com/cincinnati/stories/2000/09/11/edit=
orial5.html">http://cincinnati.bcentral.com/cincinnati/stories/2000/09/11=
/editorial5.html</A></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D190094822-15062001>now THAT's an=20
    interesting article...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D190094822-15062001>But I think this=20
    guy is exaggerating a bit...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D190094822-15062001>I =
like to eat=20
    meat, too...I like to eat a big juicy steak and I like it best when =
there's=20
    still a little blood in it...does that make me a potential =
mass-murderer,=20
    too?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D190094822-15062001>Up =
to now I=20
    never felt the urge to "have a taste" of my girlfriend in another =
sense than=20
    a&nbsp;rather intimate one...;-&gt;</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D190094822-15062001>When due to=20
    the&nbsp;crisis with numerous epidemic animal diseases and other =
things=20
    contaminating meat here in Europe beef, pork and other meat became =
rare I=20
    didn't go&nbsp;on a killing spree in a nearby kindergarten just to =
get SOME=20
    meat...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
    class=3D190094822-15062001></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D190094822-15062001>I =
don't think=20
    that biologically fueled robots are a bad idea...alright, some =
animal rights=20
    activists will become very upset when we do not only kill some cows =
to fill=20
    our stomachs, but also to fuel our household machinery with it...but =
on the=20
    other hand we wouldn't have to waste&nbsp;food anymore...nowadays we =
feed=20
    the leftovers to the dog, in the future we will feed them to the =
robot...and=20
    if the dog causes any trouble one might even feed HIM to the robot =
as well=20
    ;-&gt;&gt;</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D190094822-15062001>That's just the=20
    way technology advances...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>ARTIFICIALLY =
INTELLIGENT</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
    =
href=3D"http://www.alicebot.org">http://www.alicebot.org</A></FONT></DIV>=

    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>HUMANOID ROBOTS</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><A href=3D"http://world.honda.com/robot/"><FONT face=3DArial=20
    size=3D2>http://world.honda.com/robot/</FONT></A><SPAN=20
    class=3D190094822-15062001><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff=20
    size=3D2>&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
    <DIV><SPAN class=3D190094822-15062001></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><SPAN class=3D190094822-15062001><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3D#0000ff=20
    size=3D2>hmmm...could I interpret your posting as "Hey, you guys =
don't know=20
    what you are talking about!" ?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
    <DIV><SPAN class=3D190094822-15062001></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><SPAN class=3D190094822-15062001><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3D#0000ff=20
    size=3D2>Christian</FONT>&nbsp;</SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
  <HR>
  To unsubscribe, write to=20
aiethics-unsubscribe@listbot.com<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>

<hr>
To unsubscribe, write to aiethics-unsubscribe@listbot.com<br>
</BODY></HTML>