Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 1:47 pm
Stop, my ribs hurt too much.Wow, all this time I thought Andros was that evil emperor ape from the StarFox series.
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Stop, my ribs hurt too much.Wow, all this time I thought Andros was that evil emperor ape from the StarFox series.
Except, training a machine would be a simple matter of downloading the proper instructions, and then you know it. There's be no listning involved, whatever you need to know is just downloaded straight into your memory.Now even if you made an android body without the flaws we've been arguing about there's the very big issue of people not knowing how to use it or operate it properly. And don't say "we can train them" because most people tend to only half-listen at best. Like how Mikey hasn't figured out we're talking about putting humans into android bodies(At least that's what it seems like).
You're right there. What I should have said, instead of 'android', was 'machine'. There'd be nothing stopping an android from changing itself into a spider-like machine, or whatever.PS Rochey - I've agreed with you throughout, but an android DOES have to be human-shaped. The word "android" come from "andros" which means "man."
Okay.But seriously, I'd agree that the kind of android you're describing would be smarter, faster, and stronger than humans
Despite the fact that they are better in every concievable way?(though I'm loath to use the word better)...
No, the type of android I am discussing is just that: an android. It's a simple fact that a properly designed android would be better than humans.but mainly because the kind of android you're discussing is basically defined as "a kind of android that is better than humans"...
True, though you never know...but I don't think it's exactly an issue we'll have to deal with anytime soon.
Soong-type androids appear to keep all five senses intact. So you'd be good to go, there.mwhittington wrote:Ahhhhh, now downloading your conciousness into an android would be different. That would be cool, kind of like the cartoon Ghost in the Shell, if anyone has seen that, or like what Graves did to Data, which was mentioned earlier. But then there would be the big debate on whether or not it would be ethical, like the abortion debates, and we would have to restrict the availability somewhat, because I don't like the idea of an ex-con or someone on Megan's Law with that kind of power. Personally, I think it would rule, as long as I still have my senses of taste(even though I would never need to eat, I can't give up the fantastic flavor of my mama's fried chicken), touch(well, DUH!), smell(coffee, flowers, bombs, drugs, etc.), Hearing, and sight, and then ENHANCE AWAY, BABY!