Re: A Cyborg Bill of Rights

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From: steve lajoie
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 00:00

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Rick Harker <aibrain@usa.net> wrote in article <35B48723.A0F8C2C@usa.net>...
> Malcolm MacLeod & Others wrote: /snipped/
> 
> Why is it that some you people cannot see that Arthur is *trying* to
> give us (AI) a start? Does it matter that he is/not a sophomore college
> student; that he does/not use the exact words /you/ would use.
> So far I have seen no one but Arthur and a few others making any
> progress, and having the courage to post it to the net without some
> wanna-be geniuses putting down their work.

The whole point of a robot is to create a being we can abuse,
We want it to work for cheap, do dangerous jobs, do unrewarding 
gopher work, and so on. Rights? Robots don't get no stinking
rights. 

Why build 'em if you gotta give 'em rights? If you wanted to
do that, you could simply have children.

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From: "steve lajoie" <lajoie@eskimo.com>
Subject: Re: A Cyborg Bill of Rights
Date: 1998/07/21
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