[alicebot-aiethics] I just had a terrifying thought...

[Bill Easley]

bots must be programmed to reflect each owners philosophical and/or
religious points of view.
I would want to stress encouragement, but also not
make people feel guilty for enjoying nice things in thier lives, because
every individual has a basic human right to pursue liberty ( under God and
reasonable law) and happiness (joy and fullfillment) .
 How about giving some, and making adjustments? Say a $1300 couch ,not as
fancy, save some and donate half of the rest for immediate help(
food/drinkable water) and half of it to teach people how to take care of
themselves ( education). So the sofa then becomes not just a piece of
furnature, it reminds me always of something I did not just for myself, but
others.
The design of the couch could still last a long time,look for a couch maker
who wants the sale bad enough and/or empathises bad enough with the social
concerns that he/she will want to reduce the price to enable you to carry
out the cause.
Jesus said "give and it shall be given unto you-pressed down shaken and
running over" in his days on earth  that meant the vendor knew to give you a
good deal, so he would pack the container really super good and it would be
to the brim,and heaped up till it could hold no more.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tamara Thompson" <txt5593@earthlink.net>
To: <alicebot-aiethics@list.alicebot.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 11:16 PM
Subject: [alicebot-aiethics] I just had a terrifying thought...


 What if?

 What if the death of 5K+ in the northeast last week

 was due to the discrepantcy in economics, healthcare, education, etc in
 other worlds?  I'm kinda misleading you, I've been worried about this
 issue for a long time  But what if that's all it's really about?
 What would you say?

 I've been postponing buying a 'first ever' new leather couch for over
 two years now.  It'll cost $2600+shipping.  But I've looked everywhere,
 it's the only one that I think would last structurally for a decade or
 more,  and design-wise,  indefinitely.   And I'm poor by our American
 standards, but have saved the money.

 How would you capitalists encourage me to go forward?   I've thought  a
 lot about how that money would support an African family, or Chinese
 family,  for years, just food and basics.  So you know what I'm saying,
 how do we justify being so 'rich', even while we *feel* poor here?
 Don't slam me before you think about it for a minute, I'm just like you,
 trying to get ahead, trying to live this life.  And usually swimming
 upstream against a current.

 And what would a christian bot say?  Cause I've wondered that too.

 well, I just felt compelled to ask that.  Not sure why.  Maybe your
 'God' made me ask, maybe my 'God'.  dunno.
 Tamara

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