Re: Revolting AI (was economics of star trek)

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Wed Mar 06 2002 - 07:02:23 MST


the animated silicon love doll wrote:
>
> 2002.03.06 01:46:08, Alex Ramonsky <alex@ramonsky.com> wrote:
>
> >etc...what would you really do, if you turn your computer on one day and
> >tell it to do your accounts and it says, 'bugger off I'm playing quake'?
> >Would you be happy with that?
>
> If I could negotiate with it so that it would do my accounts if I beat it
> in a deathmatch, I would get on a friends computer and frag its sorry ass!
>
> Of course, I'd be more likely to be playing Quake in the first place than
> actually doing something *productive* with my computer.

I have a better idea: I'd say, standing by the power outlet, "So you
need electricity because.....?" TANSTAAFL



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