Re:Did HAL Commit Murder?
by olliej on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @08:08PM
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To be clear this is the argument you appear to be making:
If I get a gun, and I shoot it without aiming, and then it hits someone, it doesn't matter that I wasn't aiming, it's my fault.
If I try to making it not my fault by putting the gun in a vice, with a mechanism that randomly pulls the trigger, and then it hits someone, it's my fault.
If I put that vice on a drone, and have the drone fly around randomly, still shooting randomly, and it hits someone, it's my fault.
If I make that drone start following a specific person, firing randomly, and it hits someone, it's my fault.
If I make that drone start following a specific person, shooting specifically at that person, it's my fault.
If that drone accidentally hits someone other than the target it is now ... not my fault?
If that drone gets confused and is following the wrong person, and hits that person it is now ... also not my fault?
If I get a gun, and I shoot it without aiming, and then it hits someone, it doesn't matter that I wasn't aiming, it's my fault.
If I try to making it not my fault by putting the gun in a vice, with a mechanism that randomly pulls the trigger, and then it hits someone, it's my fault.
If I put that vice on a drone, and have the drone fly around randomly, still shooting randomly, and it hits someone, it's my fault.
If I make that drone start following a specific person, firing randomly, and it hits someone, it's my fault.
If I make that drone start following a specific person, shooting specifically at that person, it's my fault.
If that drone accidentally hits someone other than the target it is now ... not my fault?
If that drone gets confused and is following the wrong person, and hits that person it is now ... also not my fault?