Posted by
Nick Thompson on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Fwd-America-and-the-Middle-East-Murder-in-Libya-The-Economist-tp7580497p7580630.html
Robots do lip service quite handily.
"We value your call."
Nick
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] faith, zombies, and crazy people
Glen:
(aside) In addition to my "faith" hat, I also have a "designer/manufacturer
of programmable logic controller" hat.
To design an artificial life form (android / zombie ...) capable of
successfully passing among humans in a religious (faith) setting you would
probably need tons of "memory" (or else some channeling reinforcement,
probabilistic determinative etc. mechanism) and the ability to dynamically
mimic "emotions" such as "boredom", "guilt", "trust", "sin", "obedience",
"lip-service" etc. The zombie wouldn't have to bring much "knowledge" or
"wisdom" to this setting as the more brain dead it is the easier it is for
to pass.
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