[alicebot-aiethics] How far should alice go?

Sun, 13 Apr 2003 12:19:58 EDT

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Hi all,
Alice is a great idea and a clever piece of code, but should it have the 
ability to control aspects of a pc, for instance the ability to delete a 
file, or to read your e-mails and then summarise them for you?

Also should Alice dominate the conversation with the user?  As by doing so 
can make the user feel oppressed and the user may not feel they can ask the 
bot a question.

I am interested to see what other people think on the ideas at hand.

Mark Smeed
E-mail: MarkSmeed@aol.com

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I am interested to see what other people think on the ideas at hand.<BR>
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E-mail: MarkSmeed@aol.com</FONT></HTML>

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