Cindy totally beat me to it. Wouldn't a pleasure feedback loop in machines imply that machines have feelings? Therefore anthropomorphizing machines = good but animals = bad? Confusing.
Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
The Crying of Natter 49
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Jan 18, 2007 10:43:59 am PST #4076 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Kat - Jan 18, 2007 10:44:22 am PST #4077 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
§ ita § - Jan 18, 2007 10:46:23 am PST #4078 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Cindy totally beat me to it.
But you beat her in terms of quantity.
We can give machines feelings. You don't have to anthropomorphise them anymore.
Dammit! Can people really remember when they had moving violations? I'm trying to get a new insurance quote, and I'm too forgetful.
Also, should I put in a claim for the broken windshield?
Decisions, decisions.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 18, 2007 10:46:24 am PST #4079 of 10001
What is even happening?
My friend's girlfriend was trying to make it from London to Oxford, today. She got about six miles in an hour, turned around and went home.
tommyrot - Jan 18, 2007 10:47:57 am PST #4080 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Wouldn't a pleasure feedback loop in machines imply that machines have feelings?
Hmmm.... I read an article on robotics that made that claim, but others disagree. (The article was about a hypothetical robot being programmed to not walk over a ledge - that "don't go over the ledge" programming had to take precedence over other stuff. The author argued that this would be functionally identical to the robot having fear of falling, which would prevent it from going over the edge even if its regular programming directed it there.)
Therefore anthropomorphizing machines = good but animals = bad? Confusing.
Doesn't anthropomorphizing mean ascribing human thoughts and behaviors, instead of just emotions?
Topic!Cindy - Jan 18, 2007 10:48:47 am PST #4081 of 10001
What is even happening?
But you beat her in terms of quantity.
And that takes some doing.
tommyrot - Jan 18, 2007 10:49:44 am PST #4082 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Can people really remember when they had moving violations?
Yes.
I haven't had that many - maybe five or six or so my entire life. Some I'd have to think a bit to come up with the exact year.
Zenkitty - Jan 18, 2007 10:50:48 am PST #4083 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Does your current insurance paperwork list your previous moving violations? Mine does.
§ ita § - Jan 18, 2007 10:51:07 am PST #4084 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
AIG is on crack. What do they do that is worth more than $100 more than what I'm paying now? They gave a friend a quote that was 6x what he ended up going with.
Nutjobs.
sarameg - Jan 18, 2007 10:51:50 am PST #4085 of 10001
Can people really remember when they had moving violations?
If you count all the times the authorities called me on it, yeah. The stuff I get away with? NSM.