Originally posted by FreshestSlice
Because I can't be taken from body to body, reprogrammed at the drop of a hat, and I wasn't built. Life came first. Droids simulate it, and not even consistently. Instead of getting butthurt over imaginary robots, of all things, try the thousands upon thousands of actual living slaves in Star Wars. At least that's understandable.
In Star Wars you can be all of those things though. You were built by your mother, it's no different from an assembly line. Forming in a womb isn't some special privilege only sentient beings possess. Human thought can be influenced easily. We simply lack the knowledge at this point to see if a human mind can be transferred or if thoughts can be rewritten. Saying that it's impossible is reductive.
Also those are idiotic criteria by which to decide if something qualifies as alive. A being should be entitled to freedom as long as its capable of understanding the concept and possessing the will to want it. You're so sure that you're right that you'd condemn an entire species to possible slavery. IMO if theres even the slim possibility that robots possess true sentience it's too big a risk.
And theres no point getting butthurt over slavery in SW. It being wrong isn't remotely in question.
Originally posted by Nephthys
In Star Wars you can be all of those things though. You were built by your mother, it's no different from an assembly line.
Forming in a womb isn't some special privilege only sentient beings possess.
Human thought can be influenced easily. We simply lack the knowledge at this point to see if a human mind can be transferred or if thoughts can be rewritten. Saying that it's impossible is reductive.
Also those are idiotic criteria by which to decide if something qualifies as alive.
A being should be entitled to freedom as long as its capable of understanding the concept and possessing the will to want it. You're so sure that you're right that you'd condemn an entire species to possible slavery. IMO if theres even the slim possibility that robots possess true sentience it's too big a risk.
And theres no point getting butthurt over slavery in SW. It being wrong isn't remotely in question.
Originally posted by Nephthys
In Star Wars you can be all of those things though. You were built by your mother, it's no different from an assembly line. Forming in a womb isn't some special privilege only sentient beings possess. Human thought can be influenced easily. We simply lack the knowledge at this point to see if a human mind can be transferred or if thoughts can be rewritten. Saying that it's impossible is reductive.Also those are idiotic criteria by which to decide if something qualifies as alive. A being should be entitled to freedom as long as its capable of understanding the concept and possessing the will to want it. You're so sure that you're right that you'd condemn an entire species to possible slavery. IMO if theres even the slim possibility that robots possess true sentience it's too big a risk.
And theres no point getting butthurt over slavery in SW. It being wrong isn't remotely in question.
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Originally posted by FreshestSlice
There's nothing civilized about calling someone a bigot for not supporting robot rights. You want to act like someone from Tumblr? Then you deserve to be treated like someone from Tumblr. Full stop.
When did I call you a bigot for not supporting robot rights? Never. I disagreed with you. That's it.
Seriously, calm down. I have not once insulted you.
Who said I was angry with you, or at all for that matter? Second, I don't know if you've actually been reading what Neph has been saying, but yes, saying that you accept the "enslavement" of the "robot race" makes you a bigot, if you accept them as people. That's pretty much the definition of the word.