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Comment Re:Three Laws (Score 2) 305

The robot would still be harming "a human", but would be doing that twice (albeit simultaneously). At least, I would hope a robot would view humans a discrete entities. The zeroth law is designed to prevent robots from harming an abstract group of humans, or even some beings representing humanity.

To me, the real loophole is defining what a human is. If humanity is only considered in the sense of "20th century homo sapiens with a specific gene sequence", then we get into more of a problem as time goes on. A single robot will keep on going, theoretically, whereas humanity will grow and change and adapt and evolve. Will WW3 be the Robot Eugenics War?

Comment NeverSeconds (Score 5, Interesting) 472

I think it's awesome she named her blog "NeverSeconds". I always remember being left hungry in middle/high school by the paltry lunches we got, to the point where I started bringing in my own every day. The worst was pizza day - you got the equivalent of one piece of pizza, a drink, and a "salad" (actually a couple pieces of lettuce and some shredded carrot). That was it. I guess it all worked out, because after the long lines, including many line-cutters, you only got about 10 minutes to eat anyhow.

My point is: school lunches suck! I fully support this girl in her efforts.

Comment How the Interview Went (Score 1) 126

Slashdot: So, our readers asked...
Hansen (interrupting): Hello, my name is Jeremy Hansen. Why don't you take a seat?
Slashdot: Um, okay....Anyway, onto the first...
Hansen: Would you care for a cookie? A drink of water?
Slashdot: No thank you...Let me read this...
Hansen: I have your chat logs right here. I'd like to read an excerpt....

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Submission + - Antibody cocktail cures monkeys of Ebola (nature.com)

ananyo writes: "From the Nature story:
Monkeys infected with Ebola have been cured by a cocktail of three antibodies first administered 24 hours or more after exposure. The result raises hopes that a future treatment could improve the chances of humans surviving the disease caused by the deadly virus, which kills up to 90% of infected people and could potentially be used as a biological weapon. Most treatment regimes tested to date only improve chances of survival if administered within one hour of infection (abstract)."

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