[aiethics] I only have 6 words for this committee

Richard Wallace rwallace@best.com
Sat, 16 Jun 2001 22:28:40 +0400


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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There were two "meat powered robot" =
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from the U.S. and one from the U.K.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Both were funded by the countries' =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"You want robots?&nbsp; We got=20
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  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
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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,=20
    or a meat-powered car, but specifically</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>a meat-powered ROBOT.</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
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    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
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    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
    class=3D930553516-16062001>&nbsp;<FONT color=3D#0000ff>Maybe the =
creators just=20
    watched too many b-movies ;-&gt;</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
    class=3D930553516-16062001></SPAN></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
    class=3D930553516-16062001>Christian</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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