[aiethics] I only have 6 words for this committee
Richard Wallace
rwallace@best.com
Sat, 16 Jun 2001 05:36:27 +0400
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<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>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MEAT EATING</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
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href=3D"http://cincinnati.bcentral.com/cincinnati/stories/2000/09/11/edit=
orial5.html">http://cincinnati.bcentral.com/cincinnati/stories/2000/09/11=
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<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 rather intimate one...;-></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D190094822-15062001>When due to=20
the 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 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> </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 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
;->></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<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> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>ARTIFICIALLY =
INTELLIGENT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
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href=3D"http://www.alicebot.org">http://www.alicebot.org</A></FONT></DIV>=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>HUMANOID ROBOTS</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </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> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D190094822-15062001></SPAN> </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>
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D190094822-15062001><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3D#0000ff=20
size=3D2>Christian</FONT> </SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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