From: Robin Hanson (rhanson@gmu.edu)
Date: Mon Jul 02 2001 - 10:56:13 MDT
Samantha Atkins wrote:
>**SPOILERS **
>Overall though I will pan the treatment of AI as altogether too
>formula. The AIs are human equivalent surrogates without human
>gumption, self-defense, and the all-powerful and nearly idolized
>by the movie *emotions*. Until the AIs finally get emotion they
>are just machines. When the first AI does have emotions it is
>still considered a machine simulating emotions, not a person -
>not a full sentient with rights for sure. ...
>Do we meat beings really think that our emotions are what is
>best about us and that feeling them utterly and monomaniacly is
>a mark of tremendous virtue?
Unfortunately, I'd say yes, this is what most people really think.
You may dislike the movie because it does not embody your hopes,
but I like it because it embodies my quite realistic fears.
Robin Hanson rhanson@gmu.edu http://hanson.gmu.edu
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