From: Alienthe@hotmail.com   
      
   goobs wrote:   
      
   > i think if it were my own house, i would prefer the whole subtlety issues.   
   > on the whole, i don't think humanoid AI's will ever be an option for me ...   
   > besides you can't wipe out an entire cheap labour force, unless you make   
   > domestic help extortionate, otherwise i'll stick with my cleaning lady...   
   > and buy her the accessories.   
      
      
   It would be interesting to know how a society with robot servants   
   would change its sense of empathy. I hear some shoot their TV when   
   annoyed, would robocide be illegal? Or at least a bad sign?   
      
   > it's nice to think of all the robots they have in japan at the moment as a   
   > step towards the future, but as someone who had a robot about 15years ago.   
   > the novelty wears off.  i would find an AI humanoid annoying.  in fact i   
   > would find an AI anything annoying.  i want my appliances to do as their   
   > fucking told, not have opinions.  smart programming is one thing, proper   
   > intelligence is another.  if we are talking about a programme that learns,   
   > then fine.  if we are talking about a programme that feels etc, no way.  i   
   > have enough trouble listening to actual people whining all the time.  if my   
   > vaccuum cleaner had a go at me about my hygiene i'd go ballistic   
      
      
   You might want to rephrase that last sentence...   
      
   > i guess i could be your oposing side on this futuristic storyline.  i want a   
   > vaccuum cleaner, not a virtual mother.   
      
      
   If it had intelligence it would quickly know to keep a low profile.   
   Bayesian logic is good for that; Microsoft maladjusted its parameters   
   and made the paperclip some of the most annoying pieces of software   
   in history. Discression is always good.   
      
   > as for the upper middle class, yeah i guess my family is borderline...closer   
   > to middle class though.  subtlelty all the way still.  things that come out   
   > of cupboards and tidy up spills, then disappear again.  rolling automatic   
   > serving trays etc.  we would never replace the bartender, or the cook.   
   > contraire to popular belief, there are lots of people who like to do those   
   > kinds of jobs.  just buy new and amazing machinery that does a lot of it for   
   > you... is a microwave not the student's best friend?   
   >   
   > things i would concentrate on are more the entertainment advancements.   
   > walls that become computer screens, talking to the computer for dictation (i   
   > know they have those now, but they aren't very good yet), art that is   
   > digital and changes.  things that have been designed, thought of or even   
   > invented now, but in the future will be more affordable to the average joe.   
      
      
   I see a lot of people talk about computer screen walls; to me the idea   
   looks workable only to singles.   
      
   > as for the sex industry.  still no good making anything too humanoid, unless   
   > you are selling to the single desperados.  otherwise a lot of it will still   
   > mainfest around enhancing two humans partaking in the act, or god   
   > forbid...foreplay.   
      
      
   Just have a look at spam and it seems obvious the worls is full of   
   desperados lacking in many qualities, physical as well as educational.   
      
   > anyways, my excuse for this rant is a very high temperature and a day off   
   > work.   
      
      
   What, a heat wave over the UK?   
      
      
   ==<)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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