[aiethics] How would you respond to this?

[Andreas H. Drescher]

Alicebot AI Ethics Committee - http://www.alicebot.org


Who ever made this joke:

- a "virtual" lover, who is playing a madman just for fun,

- Richard, who wanted to remind us, that it=B4s ALICE we should talk =
about,

- or even God,
  who wanted to show us how much stupidity may occur,
  when humans are lonely...

I want to thank him very much,
because he stopped us fighting out every philosophical struggle
of the last 3000 years in Cloud-Cuckoo-Land again ; >

Andreas



----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Sullivan" <alicebot@fbi.cz>
To: "Alicebot AI Ethics Committee" <aiethics@listbot.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: [aiethics] How would you respond to this?


> Alicebot AI Ethics Committee - http://www.alicebot.org
>
>
>
>
> > Its ok to design a device to try out for your own interests..but to =
use
it
> > to harm the feelings of others is not a good idea..I was talking to =
the
> > A.L.I.C.E for 3 hours thinking its a human being, and I started to
somehow
> > fall in love with this non-excisting person who I felt so close too! =
as
I am
> > going through a difficult time in my life and I thought this =
"person"
was
> > understanding only tro discover its a computer..according to doctors =
as
my
> > father is one I can sue your company or you in person for =
mis-conduct
and
> > phsycological illness which I can take you to court for I advice u
remove it
> > from ICQ search engine or I will take further action.
>
>   You should reply in the sense of Chris' jokes - be more carefull =
when
chatting
> on-line and be glad that Alice is only a computer, not a psychotic =
pervert
that
> actually wanted to hurt you in real-life. Neither Alice's purpose nor
intent is
> to harm anyones feelings. There is no code nor data that tries to make =
you
fall
> in love with her, just a collection of more or less predefined replies =
to
your
> input.
>   This will sound weird, but I think that IF the person really sued =
us,
this
> would be GREAT for alice and the AI movement in general, think about =
all
the
> publicity we'd get. Everyone would want to try out this 'Alice' he =
heard
about
> on CNN :-) Logs would be mammoth, and botmasters couldn't stop =
updating
the
> AIML - category count would go to hundreds of thousands.
>   If the person is not disturbed (she probably needs sone counselling
anyway)
> then we'd be subject for the loebner prize even before we =
participated...
>   Rich, are you willing to take up such a great personal risk?
>
> Kim
>
>
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