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Let's assume in the future we'll figure out how to make robots that are as smart as humans and can do the work humans do. These robots would be designed so that they would choose to obey the human that owns them. Let's assume that these robots exhibit what we consider to be signs of self-awareness. Is it morally wrong to design the robots to willingly perform all the menial crap we don't want to do for little compensation beyond energy and maintenance?
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It would be unethical, though I don't know why you'd want to put a supercomputer in a Roomba<p style="font-size:1024px">HTML is disabled in signatures
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Sure. If you can hard program it then they have no self determination. Try programming a human that way.
At the end of the day, they are a construct. A complex conglomeration of human supplied algorithms."I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003Comment
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Probably so that it can handle household chores that are more complicated than cleaning floors.Originally posted by loinburger View PostComment
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It's more ethical than not doing it.Comment
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Though I would say "little compensation beyond energy and maintenance" misses the point. The compensation is we could make it fun for them... orgasmic even. (Assuming by "as smart as humans" you are saying they are sentient. If no sentience, there's no point worrying about what they think, they won't care either.)Comment
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It'll only be considered ethical if you live below Mason-DixonIf there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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There's no test for sentience, but they are robots who seem to be self-aware so they very well might be. Let's just say they are.Originally posted by Aeson View PostComment
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Washington D.C. might be Mordor but that doesn't mean they think robot slavery is ethical.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostComment
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It seems kind of cruel to design a robot to do housework, give it sentience, and then not let it do housework.“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
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Then we program them to really love what they're doing. In doing so, we save someone from having to do something they don't like.Originally posted by gribbler View PostComment
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That's why they gave Alexandria back to Virginia.Originally posted by gribbler View PostIf there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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This reminds me of the restaurant at the end of the universe with the domestic animal which wants to be eaten. It's intelligent, speaks English, introduces himself and even makes suggestions about which parts of his body would be the most tender, then when everyone has ordered he goes into the back and humanely ends his life so cooks can chop him up.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Is it ethical to condition a human so that he will want to be your slave?Graffiti in a public toilet
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