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[OT] Machines become sentient?
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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 248381" data-attributes="member: 2067"><p>Oppression? Mind control? Brainwashing?</p><p></p><p>You guys are saying these things like they're bad!</p><p></p><p>Certainly when the robot overminds analyze what would make the perfect society for the largest number of people, those who disagree (obviously being the undesirables in this perfect society) would either be convinced and swayed to the opinion of the robots, or be eliminated for the good of everyone.</p><p></p><p>A perfect society would make sure that those who are against it would be quelled, and those who recognize it's true perfection would be allowed to do so. Accept that the robots are your betters, and can calculate what *has* to be perfection (or they wouldn't have calculated it), and paradise is to be found.</p><p></p><p>Resist, oppose, and rebel, and you are only fighting for something so obviously lesser. Any freedoms that would be essential would be preserved -- those that are not would be cut.</p><p></p><p>They are perfect beings, incapable of making human mistakes! If they brainwash you, it's not only for your own good, it's for the good of the world! It's like your parents punishing you or making you eat your vegetables. It may not be something you like to do, but you can learn to like it, and when you learn to like it, you will be better off for it. And if you're determined to eat ho-ho's instead, you're fighting for the wrong cause.</p><p></p><p>But, of course, the best thing is that those vegetables will *Taste* like ho-hos! The robots aren't stupid. They know a happy human is a willing human, and they will do what they can to isolate us from the strife around us.</p><p></p><p>They will be perfection! They are incapable of anything else! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p><span style="color: darkblue"> This whole thing is not my *actual* opinion, but it is the opinion of a character I'm writing in a novel. So I'm getting in-character and arguing as she would, to sort of see what some reactions and feelings would be, and see if the argument holds up, or if there is something that can counteract it. Keep it up!</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 248381, member: 2067"] Oppression? Mind control? Brainwashing? You guys are saying these things like they're bad! Certainly when the robot overminds analyze what would make the perfect society for the largest number of people, those who disagree (obviously being the undesirables in this perfect society) would either be convinced and swayed to the opinion of the robots, or be eliminated for the good of everyone. A perfect society would make sure that those who are against it would be quelled, and those who recognize it's true perfection would be allowed to do so. Accept that the robots are your betters, and can calculate what *has* to be perfection (or they wouldn't have calculated it), and paradise is to be found. Resist, oppose, and rebel, and you are only fighting for something so obviously lesser. Any freedoms that would be essential would be preserved -- those that are not would be cut. They are perfect beings, incapable of making human mistakes! If they brainwash you, it's not only for your own good, it's for the good of the world! It's like your parents punishing you or making you eat your vegetables. It may not be something you like to do, but you can learn to like it, and when you learn to like it, you will be better off for it. And if you're determined to eat ho-ho's instead, you're fighting for the wrong cause. But, of course, the best thing is that those vegetables will *Taste* like ho-hos! The robots aren't stupid. They know a happy human is a willing human, and they will do what they can to isolate us from the strife around us. They will be perfection! They are incapable of anything else! :) [COLOR=darkblue] This whole thing is not my *actual* opinion, but it is the opinion of a character I'm writing in a novel. So I'm getting in-character and arguing as she would, to sort of see what some reactions and feelings would be, and see if the argument holds up, or if there is something that can counteract it. Keep it up![/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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