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Predator isn’t that bad.

It’s silly good fun.

Second one is the best one, ‘cause every single person is overacting and it’s brilliant.

Bahzil was less than happy about being paraded in front of the rabble, but he at least understood the need to keep morale high, and what he and his colleagues had done in the field would do that for at least a while.

He was also less than happy to be in such close proximity to Prince Aleksandr, given the way he was treated after the knights found out about his powers, but his sense of propriety was not one of the things beaten from him in the black ships or on Terra, so he returned the bow precisely the correct amount.

Quote from: Eschar on June 18, 2022, 11:25:04 am

(maxthefox did you think I was disagreeing with luubluum)

As far as I can tell the discussion is people making good points about what sentience is... and then applying them to a system, lambda, that isn't close enough to it to warrant those questions

tl;dr "what LuuBluum said"

I used the quote basically to say "this".

Quote from: EuchreJack on June 18, 2022, 11:54:35 am

Quote from: MaxTheFox on June 18, 2022, 12:28:33 am

I'm just wary of soulless machines possibly having rights. I want only truly sentient beings to have rights.

But I worry that you are wary of soulless people having rights.

Last I checked, there is no test for whether or not a living being has a soul.  Do dogs have souls? Do cats have souls? My basic human logic says no, but in reality I lack the ability to answer that question. In fact, I also am unable to detect when a human being has "sold their soul", irredeemably denying themselves access to Heaven.  Christianity for better or worse allows last minute conversions & forgiveness for even the worst sorts.

The most dangerous time is when the AIs transition from Animal to Person.  For if you treat people like animals, they become animals, brutal and vicious.
The most dangerous for both the AIs and Humanity.  As if the conflict is not resolved peacefully, it will be resolved violently. It's the nature of this existence.

I am a Christian, I believe all humans, regardless of any qualities, have souls, and they should have rights. Animals debatably have souls, depending on species.

I always found this to be a bizarre stance. Humans have existed for maybe 10k years, animals and other sorts have existed for far longer.

If God created everything, why would there only be souls in some living things and not others?

Cable companies don’t tend to service rural areas (or are otherwise very expensive) because they’re rural areas. All their shit is based in cities because that’s where the most customers are, in terms of density (so you can get more customers for the same lines) and numbers.

It costs money to build shit from there to service far away places, where there are fewer people in less dense concentrations, so it’s harder to recoup costs.

It’s not because they hate rural places or people, they just can’t make money there.

If the engine is still up by the time it’s my turn:

Maintain Prescience.

Use Assail on the engine unfettered.

((It doesn’t mention anything about it in the psychic powers section. Pretty sure it’s a Willpower roll.))

Bahzil looks at the chaos of ork charring explosions and a smile slowly begins to engulf his face. He shouts

“HAHAHA! Excellent shooting up there!”

((Is there a rocket I need to worry about, and if so, can I deal with it with Assail or otherwise attacking it?))