[extropy-chat] MP3000s

[Mark Walker]

Thanks for the examples Spike and Joe.

> "Star Wars". Not only do 'droids with enough introspection to express 
> remorse when their owners are presumably killed because of their inability 
> to act quickly enough (Ep IV trash compactor sceen), but they can have 
> their memories erased at a whim (Ep III "have the protocol droid's memory 
> erased" and Ep IV "take them to Anchor Head and have their memories 
> erased").

Star Wars is interesting in that even our big moral hero, Luke Skywalker (no 
relation) begins the first movie (EP III) by buying two slaves (two 
"droids"). It is amazing how uncritical people are of this. I can see this 
perhaps with R2D2, because it takes a while to figure out exactly how smart 
she is, but CP30 is so blatantly human-like.

Cheers,

Mark


Dr. Mark Walker
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