AW: [aiethics] I only have 6 words for this committee
Christian Droßmann
drossmann@arcormail.de
Sun, 17 Jun 2001 18:20:07 +0400
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There were two "meat powered robot" =
stories, one
from the U.S. and one from the U.K.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Both were funded by the countries' =
respective
Departments of Defense. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In terms of writing proposals and =
getting the
research funded, the scientists</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"sold" the idea to the =
Defense Department as
a "robot". </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"You want robots? We got
robots..."</FONT> <SPAN class=250501714-17062001><FONT =
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<DIV><SPAN class=250501714-17062001><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2>oh, THAT brings it to a totally different context...if
the Department of Defense is interested in such a technology then =
they
might aim to save fuel for their machinery as =
the robo-soldiers
would kill the enemy and then eat</FONT> <FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2>them to refill their batteries...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=250501714-17062001><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>I'll
quit working on Alice and lock myself up in my basement the day an =
alicebot
asks me "Are you Sarah O'Connor?" ;->></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=250501714-17062001><FONT face=Arial =
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