Re: Robot vs. human slaves
Norman K. McPhail (norm@SOCAL.WANET.COM)
Thu, 4 Jun 1998 15:36:28 -0700
Cliff Joslyn wrote:
>
> > I wouldn't want to have about six human slaves at home to clean it, make
> > meals, serve etc. I would feel bad about them being slaves, and also I
> > might not be safe. On the other hand I would love to have about six
> > robots at home to keep the house clean and orderly, make beds and to
> > cook good meals and afterwards put away the dishes.
>
> But if the robots were as semiotically enabled as real humans, they
> would actually BE real (albeit artificial) humans. You actually DO
> want a robot-slave which is substantially more impoverished than a
> real human. . .
This gets very close to Dave Chalmers' zombies. Is that where you're
headed with this?