Re:Change the rules, be realistic about conflict
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You can make this case, and I understand it. Please be careful about how you characterize my "petty morality" however. What makes us different from enemies, hopefully, is the value we place on innocent lives. And if innocent people die even on behalf of the side of good, don't expect me to cheer the victory. That's may be the jingoist way, but for a warrior, even the victories hurt like hell.
And computers can't demonstrate courage, or cowardice, or passion or cruelty (okay, that last is debatable). They can't baffle us the way the human heart can, for good or ill.
And even if they could create art of more significance than a mediocre advertisement copywriter or graphics person, even if they could turn out something as good as Homer, or Shakespeare, or Bob Dylan, it could never generally inspire us they way human artists do. It wouldn't make us think how mysterious (not random, mysterious - there is no mysterious generator card) we really are.
We've come a long way from abaci to computers, but have we really improved on say, Socrates in our understanding of ourselves? Will a computer help us to do that?
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You can make this case, and I understand it. Please be careful about how you characterize my "petty morality" however. What makes us different from enemies, hopefully, is the value we place on innocent lives. And if innocent people die even on behalf of the side of good, don't expect me to cheer the victory. That's may be the jingoist way, but for a warrior, even the victories hurt like hell.
If you think you know librarians (you little smarty pants) check out the (body) Modified Librarian's page at http://www.bmeworld.com/gailcat/
or any of the Anarchist Librarian sites (ask your librarian for help if you can't find them).
I think it may be the infamous "Orgasmatron" introduced in Woody Allen's "Sleeper." What a cute name - Ginger.
And computers can't demonstrate courage, or cowardice, or passion or cruelty (okay, that last is debatable). They can't baffle us the way the human heart can, for good or ill.
And even if they could create art of more significance than a mediocre advertisement copywriter or graphics person, even if they could turn out something as good as Homer, or Shakespeare, or Bob Dylan, it could never generally inspire us they way human artists do. It wouldn't make us think how mysterious (not random, mysterious - there is no mysterious generator card) we really are.
We've come a long way from abaci to computers, but have we really improved on say, Socrates in our understanding of ourselves? Will a computer help us to do that?
*My sig can beat up your sig...probably*