taylor@hplabsc.UUCP (06/28/86)
led to this when you realize that many hundreds of people have read the same comment you did, and you want to `correct' the matter before they get the wrong ideas (in your opinion). Killer Robots: I would hesitate to arm robots with deadly weapons, especially when they can act independently. I suggest using non-lethal weapons like tear gas, rubber bullets or the Tazer(sp?) electric shock gun. [I wouldn't want a robot with a submachine gun loaded with rubber bullets after me - it wouldn't be much different in the long run than having 'real' bullets. There are some interesting projects going on in the DoD (the ? joint armed forces technological weaponry project ? including a self-guided Tank, and such) that are relevent to this issue... --Dave] Dave Newkirk, ihnp4!ihuxl!dcn
taylor@hplabsc.UUCP (Dave Taylor) (07/01/86)
-------- This article is from ihnp4!ihuxl!dcn and was received on Tue Jun 24 19:14:09 1986 -------- Mind Rape: I'm sure there have been cases of fraudulent identities in the US Mail, personals in newspapers, personal conversations, etc for a long time without the aid of computers. Is this just the tendency of some people to consider anything coming out of a computer the `truth' that makes it such a shock? [see other comments by people on computer `Omniscience'...-- Dave] Flaming: I have seen cases of flaming in some of my associates. I try to avoid this behavior myself. Consider this theory: you read an article that you want to respond to immediately, but you are forced to reply by follow-up posting or mail. This robs you of the satisfaction of arguing with someone personally, so you have a tendency to overstate your case in the written word. You are also led to this when you realize that many hundreds of people have read the same comment you did, and you want to `correct' the matter before they get the wrong ideas (in your opinion). Killer Robots: I would hesitate to arm robots with deadly weapons, especially when they can act independently. I suggest using non-lethal weapons like tear gas, rubber bullets or the Tazer(sp?) electric shock gun. [I wouldn't want a robot with a submachine gun loaded with rubber bullets after me - it wouldn't be much different in the long run than having 'real' bullets. There are some interesting projects going on in the DoD (the ? joint armed forces technological weaponry project ? including a self-guided Tank, and such) that are relevent to this issue... --Dave] Dave Newkirk, ihnp4!ihuxl!dcn