| ▲ | ak39 6 hours ago |
| "let them" in this use understood as: "let the while loop run indefinitely" as opposed to letting some autonomous robot decide for itself |
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| ▲ | mort96 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Or, "let the escalator keep going instead of pressing the emergency stop". |
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| ▲ | teiferer 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Depends on who started the escalator. | | |
| ▲ | mort96 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | .. what exactly depends on who started the escalator? My comment was in support of the argument that the word "let" does not imply agency on the part of the object in a sentence. Does the semantics of the word "let" depend on who started the escalator?? | | |
| ▲ | teiferer an hour ago | parent [-] | | If there is an escalator that is known for killing every 1000's person using it then the operator who started it is more guilty than the folks using it for those deaths, don't you think? | | |
| ▲ | mort96 an hour ago | parent [-] | | I made no argument about guilt. I made an argument about the semantics of the word "let". |
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| ▲ | sscaryterry 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Escalators do not start themselves. There is power, and a switch of some sort. | |
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| ▲ | rightnutwingjob 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| At this stage, that seems like a distinction without a difference. If the robots obtain sovereign nationhood, and are able to self-sustain, then autonomous robot decides for itself will be a valid argument. |
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