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@Ellion if @Lucidnonsense can be a scientist, your other character can be a protector
@Lucidnonsense
How is Injury defined? Physical or mental damage to a human being
How Is human defined? Being of the Genus Homo and Species Sapiens, regardless of bionic enhancements.
How is Harm defined? See injury.
A space trolley is heading down the tracks at 1000 Miles per hour, it can go one of two paths, One which runs over one person and another which runs over 5 people, Which track will the robot choose? The robot in it's superhuman strength will instead attempt to stop or derail of the train. If this isn't possible, it will choose the single person.
A robot witnesses a person fooling around with alien technology of unknown function, The Robot calculates a 34% chance that this device could cause catastrophic damage and kill millions of humans. The robot calculates that it it fired its disintigration beam at the human the human would 100% be killed and the weapon has a 0% chance of killing everyone. What does the robot do? Depends on the programming, probably leave it be
A gangster holds hostages, it orders a robot to go kill people or the hostages will parish, The robot has no means of killing the gangster.
Depends on the numbers. Whichever kills less people. If the numbers are equal, the robot will simply lock up or shut down.
An alien species is evolving on another planet, this species could concievably in thousands of years become a threat to humanity. Is the Robot obligated to destroy all life on the planet? No.
I dont feel like arguing robot ethics. If you don't like these answers, suck it up.
@UberBlutwurst That's fine, good luck
@RumikoOharaAll good, glad to hear you're okay.
@Ellion We might need that Scientist now.
How is Injury defined? Physical or mental damage to a human being
How Is human defined? Being of the Genus Homo and Species Sapiens, regardless of bionic enhancements.
How is Harm defined? See injury.
A space trolley is heading down the tracks at 1000 Miles per hour, it can go one of two paths, One which runs over one person and another which runs over 5 people, Which track will the robot choose? The robot in it's superhuman strength will instead attempt to stop or derail of the train. If this isn't possible, it will choose the single person.
A robot witnesses a person fooling around with alien technology of unknown function, The Robot calculates a 34% chance that this device could cause catastrophic damage and kill millions of humans. The robot calculates that it it fired its disintigration beam at the human the human would 100% be killed and the weapon has a 0% chance of killing everyone. What does the robot do? Depends on the programming, probably leave it be
A gangster holds hostages, it orders a robot to go kill people or the hostages will parish, The robot has no means of killing the gangster.
Depends on the numbers. Whichever kills less people. If the numbers are equal, the robot will simply lock up or shut down.
An alien species is evolving on another planet, this species could concievably in thousands of years become a threat to humanity. Is the Robot obligated to destroy all life on the planet? No.
I dont feel like arguing robot ethics. If you don't like these answers, suck it up.
@UberBlutwurst That's fine, good luck
@RumikoOharaAll good, glad to hear you're okay.
@Ellion We might need that Scientist now.
@Lucidnonsense That's fine then.
@Lucidnonsense By rouge do you mean AWOL, or like the D&D class. The first is fine, the second I dont know how that would work. I'd say if you're a learning AI, you probably dont want to tell anyone that. The few experiments with sentient AI have gone...badly.
@Starlance We filled protector already, but if you dont mind being a Scientist we're happy to have you. Or, if one of our three (Doctor, Linguist, Diplomat) doesn't show up in the next day or two, you can snag that one
@Starlance We filled protector already, but if you dont mind being a Scientist we're happy to have you. Or, if one of our three (Doctor, Linguist, Diplomat) doesn't show up in the next day or two, you can snag that one
@EllionNot until most of the crew is filled out. I dont want to start with half our members missing.
@UberBlutwurst I'd say just add a little more to the bio, maybe what he studied more specifically, along with some kind of actual track record (where and what he worked on). Also, could you clarify his onboard position?
"All stations, prepare for lift-off." Erik sighed as the Admiral's message clicked off. He closed the book on the evolution of an independent Finnish language he was reading, and rose to his feet. He set the book on the table and wandered over to the "window" which was currently turned off. He knew it wasn't actually a window, as he was fairly sure his room was somewhere near the center of the ship. He paused a moment, trying to remember which language the AI responded to quickest. He was fairly sure both Russian and English would elicit a response, but he had been using his English too much recently with all these people around.
"Computer," he said in Russian, pleased that he was able to practice it a bit.
"Hello, Mr. Karlson. What can I do for you?" the voice sounded out of the walls. Erik was glad the blue man didn't appear, it made him uncomfortable to see something so human, but at the same time not.
"I need two things," Erik said, rapping on the window "First, show me outside feed, as if my window were actually on the outside of the ship." Noah made a remark to the affirmative, and the window blinked to life. The view showed mostly the shipyard in the Sahara, and Erik could see the swirling sands out beyond the equipment. Erik looked for a moment, and then decided he wanted to try something. He spoke again, this time in Polish. "Second, I want you to run radio news feeds out of New York, what's left of Moscow, and Sydney. Start with New York."
The Computer paused a moment, then responded in Polish, "Certainly Mr. Karlson. For your own convenience, please try not to switch languages mid-request, as it will slow down my ability to respond." Erik grinned. Day one and he had already pissed off the computer. The radio feed started. The New York and Sydney frequencies said essentially the same thing, that everyone should hide, and be prepared for whatever the Devastators were going to do to Earth. People should get to their basements or air raid shelters as soon as possible. Do not panic. Blah blah blah. The Moscow radio was business as usual. Since the city was already such a disaster, there was no point exciting the locals. The radio was giving the weather when Erik was listening, and he quickly had it shut off.
He spoke again, this time in Croatian, just because he could, "Noah, that's enough of the radio. Put on some Tchaikovsky, the show is about to start." He sighed and dismissed the AI. He muttered to himself, in his native Scandinavian "Farvel, gammel ven."
"Computer," he said in Russian, pleased that he was able to practice it a bit.
"Hello, Mr. Karlson. What can I do for you?" the voice sounded out of the walls. Erik was glad the blue man didn't appear, it made him uncomfortable to see something so human, but at the same time not.
"I need two things," Erik said, rapping on the window "First, show me outside feed, as if my window were actually on the outside of the ship." Noah made a remark to the affirmative, and the window blinked to life. The view showed mostly the shipyard in the Sahara, and Erik could see the swirling sands out beyond the equipment. Erik looked for a moment, and then decided he wanted to try something. He spoke again, this time in Polish. "Second, I want you to run radio news feeds out of New York, what's left of Moscow, and Sydney. Start with New York."
The Computer paused a moment, then responded in Polish, "Certainly Mr. Karlson. For your own convenience, please try not to switch languages mid-request, as it will slow down my ability to respond." Erik grinned. Day one and he had already pissed off the computer. The radio feed started. The New York and Sydney frequencies said essentially the same thing, that everyone should hide, and be prepared for whatever the Devastators were going to do to Earth. People should get to their basements or air raid shelters as soon as possible. Do not panic. Blah blah blah. The Moscow radio was business as usual. Since the city was already such a disaster, there was no point exciting the locals. The radio was giving the weather when Erik was listening, and he quickly had it shut off.
He spoke again, this time in Croatian, just because he could, "Noah, that's enough of the radio. Put on some Tchaikovsky, the show is about to start." He sighed and dismissed the AI. He muttered to himself, in his native Scandinavian "Farvel, gammel ven."
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