Originally posted by Kvasir
reply to post by rememberence
Actually wait no.
A security system like a motor vehicle? You're talking about something which has the ability to judge whether or not something is good or evil.
No just intent. Even people can tell when pepole have bad intent. typically the preamble to violence is a good indicator. If it is preprogrammed with (I'll have to generalize) a sort of telepathic sensors, it has preprogrammed security responses. It is no smarter than a smart weapon. Capable of working from a long list of possibilities.
Something which requires a baseline moral compass at all to even comprehend, as well as a hardwired understanding of the meaning of good or evil.
If someone consciously plans to use it for nefarious purposes that doesn't require a moral compass, just logic.
Nevermind the fact that it can also apparently judge the degree to which someone is worthy or unworthy, based upon whether or not it just deletes someone's mind or deletes /them/.
You're taking what was said out of context. It is capable of distinguishing a person's intent and it is also surmised that it is capable or reviewing memories, together gives a fairly accurate picture of what they are likely to do.
This is not a security system like a motor vehicle, sir, it is alive. It is sentient.
Not to offend, but I have actually spent a great deal of time around it, far more than Maban, and in all likelihood far more than yourself; that is unless you're holding aback on me. It is semi-sentient, as are most modern automobiles. Just because a car can talk, give directions, automatically self diagnostic, and predict a possible impact: that does not make it fully sentient, and certainly not alive.
It /knows/.
It is just reacting to its environment according to it's programming. It's essentially a glorified server: just with a highly sophisticated IFF system and a state of the art access denial capability. I have yet to see it carry on a conversation, or otherwise show a self-conscious.
"It also could read a man's heart and soul; if you wish to call it that. Knowing if he could be trusted."
A glorified server, sir?


