"Dana Shilling" wrote:
Jacqui asked:
If Orac had been given the choice in the so-named episode would it
have
preferred to go with Servalan or with Blake? Orac shows enough understanding (as distinct from awareness) to make a reasoned choice.
POV Avon, Orac is "just a machine"--in other words, doesn't even qualify for his slimline view of human rights--but shouldn't have Blake been
worried
about the freedom of the honest AI to think and speak?
Orac is free to think and speak.
Jenny
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"Jenny Kaye" jennycat55@hotmail.com wrote:
"Dana Shilling" wrote:
Jacqui asked:
If Orac had been given the choice in the so-named episode would it
have
preferred to go with Servalan or with Blake? Orac shows enough understanding (as distinct from awareness) to make a reasoned choice.
POV Avon, Orac is "just a machine"--in other words, doesn't even qualify for his slimline view of human rights--but shouldn't have Blake been
worried
about the freedom of the honest AI to think and speak?
Orac is free to think and speak.
Jenny
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