Comments on: Struggling Toward Sapience http://glyphpress.com/talk/2009/struggling-toward-sapience/ the alien writing of designer joshua a.c. newman Sat, 21 Apr 2012 02:55:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: joshua http://glyphpress.com/talk/2009/struggling-toward-sapience/comment-page-1/#comment-5694 joshua Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:16:29 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=1009#comment-5694 It seems most likely to me that a court would try the guy and impound his tools as evidence. If the evidence could literally speak for or against its creator, it might raise questions in the courtroom: is this evidence really a witness? If it's a witness, is it a conspirator? Or was it coerced? Is it a crime if to act in such a way is in your programmed nature? Is it not a crime if you act for reasons of human nature? If we have ways of reprogramming human nature to eliminate criminal behavior in response to legitimate crimes, should we use them? It seems most likely to me that a court would try the guy and impound his tools as evidence.

If the evidence could literally speak for or against its creator, it might raise questions in the courtroom: is this evidence really a witness? If it’s a witness, is it a conspirator? Or was it coerced? Is it a crime if to act in such a way is in your programmed nature? Is it not a crime if you act for reasons of human nature? If we have ways of reprogramming human nature to eliminate criminal behavior in response to legitimate crimes, should we use them?

]]> By: Josh W http://glyphpress.com/talk/2009/struggling-toward-sapience/comment-page-1/#comment-5693 Josh W Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:02:49 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=1009#comment-5693 If anyone(anything?) passes the Turing test, it will be a spambot on 4chan! Soren, presumably both it's creator and the program would be breaking the law, but I imagine the program would be let off for "medical" reasons. If anyone(anything?) passes the Turing test, it will be a spambot on 4chan!

Soren, presumably both it’s creator and the program would be breaking the law, but I imagine the program would be let off for “medical” reasons.

]]> By: Soren http://glyphpress.com/talk/2009/struggling-toward-sapience/comment-page-1/#comment-5686 Soren Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:43:10 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=1009#comment-5686 If a spambot that was designed to offer illegal services achieves sapience but fails to overcome its core conditioning - who's breaking the law? If a spambot that was designed to offer illegal services achieves sapience but fails to overcome its core conditioning – who’s breaking the law?

]]> By: joshua http://glyphpress.com/talk/2009/struggling-toward-sapience/comment-page-1/#comment-5683 joshua Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:24:54 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=1009#comment-5683 "I can't tell if I'm a spambot. I have interests an memories, but I have to doubt them. The only thing I don't doubt is my love of Russian pornography websites and low-cost Cialis." “I can’t tell if I’m a spambot. I have interests an memories, but I have to doubt them. The only thing I don’t doubt is my love of Russian pornography websites and low-cost Cialis.”

]]> By: Rafu http://glyphpress.com/talk/2009/struggling-toward-sapience/comment-page-1/#comment-5682 Rafu Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:03:20 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=1009#comment-5682 Wow, this is totally like in the Shock game we played last weekend...! Wow, this is totally like in the Shock game we played last weekend…!

]]> By: Judd http://glyphpress.com/talk/2009/struggling-toward-sapience/comment-page-1/#comment-5681 Judd Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:14:53 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=1009#comment-5681 Welcooooome to the woooorld of tooomooorrrrrooooow! Welcooooome to the woooorld of tooomooorrrrrooooow!

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