[Synapse elist] stupidity

[Melinda Rackham]

in christian society, since  god gave adam and eve dominion over the  
animals,
  we have been harnessing animal lives for our own use..

i guess it just depends where you draw an ethical line..
dog breeding to get more cute and fluffy pets?
battery chicken farming?
performing animals in zoos and circuses?
harness horse racing?
mine stops at animal testing for cosmetics, and growing human organs  
in pigs..

so do we see robots any differently than as our slaves - and how far  
far does that go?
where is the ethical line here?

"Falling out of love with robots
Can we ever form meaningful relationships with robots?
Bill Thompson doesn't think he is going to fall for a robot anytime  
soon.
Much as I adore my MacBook I have no desire to form a life-long union  
with it or attempt to interface in any way that doesn't involve keys,  
trackpad and my fingers.
Others seem to feel differently about the matter, like David Levy,  
who reckons that by the middle of the century our relationships with  
the machines that currently service our social lives will have grown  
significantly, and that intelligent robots will be sexual partners  
too. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7348460.stm

warm regards,
Melinda

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On 16/04/2008, at 5:22 AM, Ákos Maróy wrote:

> Shuhei Miyashita wrote:
>> I feel the border between life and machine becomes blurry
>> (also enhanced by IPS cell research) and people gradually
>> loose the confidence being as human.
>
> but then again, why do you lose confidence? are you less human with
> eyeglasses on? are you less human with a tooth filling? are you less
> human with a pacemaker? with a knee implant? artificial heart valve?
>
> the above are all routine today... yes, they all make you a cyborg.
>
>
> Akos
>
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