Jolomark
14-02-2004, 17:04
I got this issue, and the effect on me was that "only organics are alowed to be citizens" and dropped my politucal freedom from excellent to good. I want to know what it is that I chose, because i make it a point to keep my political freedoms high.
The Most Glorious Hack
14-02-2004, 17:06
Sounds like the AI voting rights issue.
Eta Carinae
15-02-2004, 07:22
#82: AI Researchers Rally for Android Rights [Issue by Eniqcir]
The Issue
Following recent advances in artificial intelligence, debate has arrisen in @@NAME@@ over whether AI's should have the right to citizenship.
The Debate
1. "Giving citizenship to computers and software programs is just downright crazy," says citizen @@RANDOMNAME@@. "Who knows if they're even really alive? Just because some of them may look human doesn't mean they're equal to us. It could all just be imitation."
2. "These beings have just as much of a right to citizenship as the rest of us," argues civil rights activist @@RANDOMNAME@@. "True, we may not be able to tell if they're really 'alive', per se, but how can we tell that they aren't? But the androids should be put at the top of the list. At least we know that they have the same viewpoint as us humans."
3. "This is craziness!" says @@RANDOMNAME@@, a resident interviewed by the popular news show "Talk o' the Town". "It's just blasphemy, plain and simple! We're, like, playin' God here! It's evil, man, evil! What if they turned against us? All forms of AI should be banned, dudes."
Your political freedoms fell because you chose option 1. If you don't want that to happen, then choose option 2.