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Boojatta

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7. Could you quote a short excerpt that you consider relevant?

Reply to mia (Reply #6)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 08:19 PM

Jan 2012

If you want to sell DU members on following your link, then you should do better than "may provide some insights."

After all, the only alternative to "may provide some insights" is "absolutely guaranteed to provide no insights" (unless you want to get picky about the word "insights" being plural).

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Do you think that it's possible for a machine to have evil intentions? [View all] Boojatta Jan 2012 OP

Morality is almost all convention. WingDinger Jan 2012 #1

Most machines that I've dealt with have had evil intentions! LeftishBrit Jan 2012 #2

Get out of here finchley WingDinger Jan 2012 #3

Yes. baldguy Jan 2012 #4

Define evil. cleanhippie Jan 2012 #5

Feel free to use whatever definition you like ... Boojatta Jan 2012 #8

Well, I would use the definition that it is the cleanhippie Jan 2012 #9

Probably the best definition I've seen is Phil Zimbardo's... backscatter712 Feb 2012 #23

Reminds me of a conversation with Kohlberg and Chomsky. mia Jan 2012 #6

Could you quote a short excerpt that you consider relevant? Boojatta Jan 2012 #7

You mean you want ME to read the whole thing? Gasp! mia Jan 2012 #12

What is the basis for your claim that language is a matter of convention? Jim__ Jan 2012 #10

I think that language does go beyond convention. Boojatta Jan 2012 #11

No, mostly because there is no such thing as an evil intention. nt ZombieHorde Jan 2012 #13

"There is no such thing as an evil intention" Boojatta Jan 2012 #15

Genocide cannot be evil. ZombieHorde Jan 2012 #16

"Evil is a reaction to perceived stimuli, similar to beauty and delicious." Boojatta Feb 2012 #18

In the first example, I think the influencing factor is the concept of dates. ZombieHorde Feb 2012 #19

In practice, you cannot travel to Mars and directly experience the temperature Boojatta Feb 2012 #20

In your first example, I would say thermometers and temperatures are two different things. ZombieHorde Feb 2012 #22

Relatively speaking, yes The Straight Story Jan 2012 #14

Machines are the Devil's invention Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #17

It is possible that in the future the military might have soldier machines... spin Feb 2012 #21

I would say that yes, it is possible. backscatter712 Feb 2012 #24