eno2001's Journal: ROBOTS: Ethical Code Being Developed in Korea

Thank god for this. I hope that there is eventually some global body that not only manages but enforces the proper treatment of intelligent machines once they exist. I've always liked machines more than people because machines are far more reliable. (ie. they do what you tell them to and they do it HOW you tell them to do it) And if you interact with your machines properly, they treat you very well. I'm so much of a stickler for the proper treatment of computers that I actively exit all remote sessions gracefully instead of "just clicking the X" to close a window. For all the Unix boxes I manage, I press Ctrl-D to exit out of my sessions. For the systems that want specific commands to log out, I type them. I always try to find ways to shut machines down gracefully. I've got UPSes at home for all of my machines so they don't get hit with flaky power, etc... Sure, I'm a bit of an extremist I admit. But, I really think that these machines are incredibly awesome and deserve very kind and proper treatment. I'll feel 1000 times more like this about any intelligent machines that arise within my lifetime. What say you?

Interesting

[Captain Splendid]

I'm somewhat the opposite, I treat almost all my hardware like a pimp treats his hos. I built you, I can take you apart anytime I like, hehe.