From: Danny Sichel Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet Subject: [rec.arts.sf.written] Re: Citizen AI or: A more practical definition. Date: 27 Aug 1999 15:58:58 GMT Subject: Re: Citizen AI or: A more practical definition. From: Jswing@NOSPAMwport.com (J.Swing) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written In article , Paul Andinach wrote: >On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, Jon Kay wrote: > >> > I'd say that the simplest solution is that anything that can argue >> > for itself to be a citizen should be one. >> >> In that case, let me introduce you to citizen.c, the first to >> qualify, this rule, may it be the first sophont of trillions: >-snip- > >"gimme CITIZENZHIP! I wanta DRIVERS LICENSE with a PHOTO ID of my >BEIGE CPU!!!" isn't an argument. It's an impolite request. > >If I ran citizen.c and told it, "I don't believe you qualify for >citizenship. Why should you get it?", it wouldn't be able to defend >its position to save its miserable little pseudo-life. > >Paul So a slightly modified Eliza would count as a citizen? "Why don't you believe I qualify for citizenship? How does that make you feel?" Remmber, it only needs to fool the folks at the driver's license bureau, not the rocket scientists.