Sunday, October 28, 2012

pride and prejudice

Yesterday I almost had a legitimate argument about artificial intelligence.

My boyfriend mentioned that I should finish playing Mass Effect 3. I got about 3/4th of the way through it and stopped when all of the spoilers about the ending leaked out. I told him I didn't feel the need to finish it since I already knew what option I would pick at the end - destroy all inorganic life forms. My boyfriend is very pro inorganic life in Mass Effect and thinks all sentient machines are our friends and we'll create a better universe together. I'm very anti inorganics because I think they will inevitably become more intelligent than us and then all bets are off. With our lesser developed human brains we can't predict how they'll act. However, I have a strong feeling they'll just kill us off. I accused him of anthropomorphizing machines, he accused me of inorganic intolerance. It had to be one of my silliest and nerdiest moments to date. At 30. Come on.

I was able to cool down enough to tell him that we could stay together for now, but if the inevitable robotic uprising happens during our lifetime, we are to be sworn enemies.

do not be deceived; sexy robots will destroy us all

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