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Oct. 9th, 2005 11:31 pm
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Heh. So Eric ran a game about people discovering the existence of the first computer intelligence. I was playing a 65-year-old liberal sociologist; I figure she maybe knew Ursula Le Guin on a chatting basis... She wreaked havoc, though, using her faux-grandma fu. "Now, dear, why don't you listen to my compsci friend here who says you need to talk to your computer as if it's an Artificial Intelligence, and meanwhile I'll get you a nice cup of tea..."

Anyway, amusingly, she turned out to be nearly the equivalent of the nice old lady with the Feynman AI in [livejournal.com profile] matociquala's _Hammered_. Except apparently she pulled out of it all as a hero, instead of a prisoner. Don't know how long that will last once she decides the government isn't treating the AI well and sets about trying to free it...

In the group of PCs we had the whole range from "kill it" to "make it some friends so it won't be lonely" (<-- me!). I was happy to get to expound my views, which y'all may recognize: people become what you expect them to be. Treat it like a friend. Treat it as you would have it treat you...

John had a neat suggestion I hadn't considered: the more human-like its inputs, the more human-like its consciousness will be. So get it mechanical eyes and ears. Brilliant!

Date: 2005-10-10 06:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] whumpdotcom.livejournal.com
Machine Intelligence loves us!

Date: 2005-10-10 07:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zdashamber.livejournal.com
That looks like a great page! Exactly the sort of thing I've been looking for, though I didn't know it. It'll take me awhile to read.
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