Re: [FT]SML question

At 2:21 PM -0700 6/20/01, David Griffin wrote:
>
>They remember, but are getting into the same problem
>sideways with "photonic lifeforms" aka holodeck
>lifeforms. Yes, they're petrified to create sentient
>starship, but clearly they can do it. Would this
>be a good idea? Hmm... maybe and maybe not. Depends
>on whether they like you. If they don't you're in

I think one thing that the Federation seems to realize is that once 
it is sentient, it stops being a machine and starts being a valuable 
life. What if you make this huge ship, endow the computer with life 
and then it doesn't want to go fight? Do you force it? (possibly a 
serious problem...)

Why did HAL go mad? Because he was given conflicting orders that 
forced him to lie when he could not. So he took the path of least 
resistance.

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