[alicebot-aiethics] The bot and religion

[Dekker Dreyer]

I don't think it's naive at all. I was successfully able to remove the vast
majority of built in opinions about a few hours. If the sets for religion,
and the tags about specific movies / musical tastes are removed the rest is
pretty solid.

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>
> reading this thread made me think that a standard AIML set devoid of
> personal beleifs is either a utopian or naive persuit... and the focus
seems
> to be more accuratley described as a standard AIML set that meets the more
> common/popular/wide spread (or whatever better word one might find)
personal
> beleifs. Am I wrong?
>
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> just feel that the practice of religion varies so widely from person to
> person (an excellent example of this is the denominational split of
> Christianity in America) that to include a default AIML religion set is
more
> trouble then it's worth.
>
> If a user feels that a religious belief is important for their bot to have
> they can write a file tailored to what they want their bot to believe.
It's
> all about options and freedom to use the technology. I think it's safe to
> say that all of us like to have our options open.
>
> :)
>
> Dekker
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> From: "Christopher Fahey [askrom]" <askROM@graphpaper.com>
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> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 10:51 PM
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>
>  > So I'm not saying that one's AIML shouldn't have one's personal beleifs
>  > in it, I'm saying that "Standard-AIML" shouldn't have anybody's
personal
>  > beleifs in it. Standard-AIML with personal beleifs in it is like a
>  > coloring book with hald the pages colored in by someone else.
>  > -Cf
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