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   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 2/21/2022 9:51 AM, J. Clarke wrote:   
   > On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 07:18:42 -0800, Dimensional Traveler   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/21/2022 4:38 AM, J. Clarke wrote:   
   >>> I was watching "Raised By Wolves" last night and the phrase "Direct   
   >>> Order" was used to instruct an android to do something it didn't want   
   >>> to do.   
   >>>   
   >>> The only other place I have seen that term used in that context is in   
   >>> Mark Stanley's "Freefall" web comic, where it is used not only with   
   >>> androids but with all AIs including organic ones.   
   >>>   
   >>> I don't recall seeing it elsewhere.  Does anybody have an earlier   
   >>> usage?   
   >>>   
   >> Its a military term (which I expect you know) so anything that involves   
   >> military probably will use the phrase at some point.   
   >   
   > It's also a term of art in medicine.  But neither the medical   
   > establishment nor the military are staffed with androids or AIs at   
   > this time.  I'm curious about its history in that specific context.   
      
   Then change "involves military" to "involves military androids or AIs".   
      
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