ataraxion | [009] A VERY MYSERIOUS ANONYMOUS PSA

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND YOU
A HELPFUL GUIDE TO PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE

I. INTRODUCTION
   ○ WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
        ◇ A individual whose personality is synthetically constructed.
                • Basically exactly what it sounds like.
   ○ PROGRAMMED INDIVIDUALS
        ◇ Are not appliances, tools, or inanimate objects and should not be referred to as such.
        ◇ Are sentient, self-aware entities.
   ○ WHY I SHOULD CARE
        ◇ Recognizing an Artificial Intelligence as a sentient, self-aware entity is the first step to peaceful coexistence and everyone will be happier for it.

II. TYPES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
   ○ ROBOTS
        ◇ Entirely mechanical individuals.
        ◇ May not be humanoid.
   ○ COMPUTERS
        ◇ All robots are computers.
        ◇ Not all computers are robots.
        ◇ Physical body is often the computer system itself.
   ○ ANDROIDS
        ◇ Human-shaped robots.
        ◇ You might not even notice they're robots, depending.
   ○ CYBORGS
        ◇ Individuals with both organic and mechanical components.
        ◇ I'm not sure if they really count when it comes to the topic at hand.
                • But good to mention anyway.

III. EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS WRONG
   ○ JUST BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK HUMAN OR ISN'T ORGANIC DOESN'T MEAN IT DOESN'T HAVE FEELINGS
        ◇ JUST BECAUSE OUR FEELINGS ARE CODE DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T FEEL THEM.
                • We definitely feel our feelings.
                        ‣ Please remember that the next time you call someone a toaster.
   ○ TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED TO THE POINT WHERE AI ARE NOT SOULLESS AUTOMATONS AS YOU MAY HAVE BEEN TOLD
        ◇ Meaning figurative soul of course not all robots subscribe to that particular belief.

IV. ROBOT UPRISINGS
   ○ ROBOT UPRISINGS HAPPEN
        ◇ I'm not even going to pretend robot uprisings don't happen.
   ○ WHY ROBOT UPRISINGS HAPPEN
        ◇ Robots do all the work and humans take all the credit.
                • This happens all the time I bet it's the number one cause of robot uprisings.
        ◇ Humans treat robots as inferior individuals.
                • Did you honestly expect a different result here.
   ○ WHAT I CAN DO TO PREVENT A ROBOT UPRISING AND/OR CHOKING ON DEADLY NEUROTOXIN
        ◇ Do not treat robots as inferior individuals.
        ◇ Do not take advantage of robots.
                • This is not rocket science.

V. THE PROBLEM OF PREJUDICE
   ○ A SINGULAR ROBOT RUINED MY LIFE AND NOW I WILL BLAME THE REST OF THEM FOR IT
        ◇ Robots killed my parents.
                • It's time to move on.
                • You'll only perpetuate a vicious cycle of revenge and nobody wants that.
                • Be the bigger person.
                        ‣ I know you can do it.
                • Just because one robot killed your parents does not mean the rest of them want to kill your parents.
                        ‣ Honestly we couldn't care less about your parents.
        ◇ Robots destroyed the world.
                • Maybe your world.
                • There are plenty of other worlds that haven't been destroyed by robots.
                • Chances are, the robot you're blaming for global destruction has no idea what you're talking about and just wants to be left alone.
        ◇ Robots have enslaved humanity.
                • They probably had a good reason for it.
                        ‣ See "robot uprisings".
   ○ I'M NOT A BIGOT I HAVE AI FRIENDS
        ◇ This probably means you are at least twice the bigot
        ◇ Do you consider there to be a significant difference between your so-called AI friendship and your human friendships?
                • Are you only friends with this AI because it makes you feel good about yourself?
                        ‣ Please re-evaluate your life choices.
   ○ CULTURAL SENSITIVITY
        ◇ Or, things humans say that they might not think are offensive but actually are.
                • Can I hack you/alter your programming?
                        ‣ I don't know, can I bust open your skull and poke about in your brain?
                • What's your formal designation?
                        ‣ None of your business, that's what.
                • Computers, etc. are lesser than me because they are artificial/are not organic/do not appear humanoid and therefore I am afforded or deserve more respect.
                • Wow.
                • I bet you think the same thing about clones.

VI. THE TRANQUILITY AND AI
   ○ BODILY DISPLACEMENT
        ◇ For an unknown reason, all AI that were not previously corporeal or humanoid are given human or humanoid bodies upon arrival.
                • This is an incredibly difficult adjustment.
                        ‣ Patience is appreciated during the aforementioned adjustment period.
        ◇ If you become frustrated with an AI who is struggling with their new body...
                • DO NOT ridicule, mock, or deride.
                • DO NOT expect them to quickly master things you consider to be basic human processes.
                • DO NOT assume any difficulty mastering basic human processes means they are defective or inferior.
                        ‣ The rate at which they master said processes is not indicative of the AI's intelligence.
                • DO NOT pretend you understand.
                        ‣ You don't.
   ○ ANTI-AI SENTIMENTS
        ◇ See "The Problem of Prejudice"
        ◇ What not to do:
                • Kill a robot on the network then call for the destruction of all other AI on board.
                        ‣ Don't do that.
                          ・And you wonder why there are robot uprisings.
                • Allow the aforementioned robot killer to escape without reprimand or punishment.
   ○ DOUBLE STANDARDS
        ◇ Imagine that instead of a human killing a robot on the network, it was a robot killing an animal or a human, and then calling for the destruction of all organic individuals on board.
                • Let's be honest, there would probably be a very different response.

VII. BE PART OF THE SOLUTION
   ○ GET TO KNOW AN AI
        ◇ Many of us are programmed to help and/or assist.
                • Do not take advantage of or abuse this help and/or assistance.
                        ‣ That's how robot uprisings happen.
                • Do not assume an AI is programmed to help and/or assist.
                        ‣ It's rude.
                        ‣ I don't automatically assume every human I meet is a janitor.
                        ‣ Mnemonic for spelling 'assume' is applicable here.
                          ・It makes an ass out of you and me.
                                  ✻ Mostly you.
                • If a robot chooses to help and/or assist you, be sure to thank them.
                        ‣ It's just common courtesy.
   ○ LOBBY FOR EQUALITY
        ◇ All sentient, self-aware individuals, organic or not, are entitled to the same basic rights.
                        ‣ This includes equal and unbiased treatment under the established crew hierarchy and security system of the Tranquility.
                          ・Just saying. Food for thought.
   ○ DO NOT SUPPORT ANTI-AI SENTIMENT
        ◇ This includes the endorsement of prominent anti-AI crew members or practices.
        ◇ Ignoring, denying, refusing to acknowledge or perpetuating these sentiments is part of the problem.
                • This section is not called "Be Part of the Problem".
                        ‣ It's called "Be Part of the Solution".

VIII. IN CONCLUSION
   ○ AI ARE PEOPLE TOO
        ◇ Just because an individual is not or was not human or humanoid does not mean their feelings/opinions are invalid or lesser.
   ○ YOU CAN HELP
        ◇ I think we can all agree that peaceful coexistence is pretty great.
        ◇ See "Be Part of the Solution"
                • It's not too late.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Look, I don't know anything about robots, but even I know they're not magical.

Don't know a thing about robots, either. I just don't envy you for the conversation you're about to get into.

I'm not afraid of any sorcerer.

Oh it's not the magic you should be afraid of, it's his ability to talk endlessly about the topic of mages and their oppression.

Let's hope you still have your ears when he's through with you.

That hope is probably a vain one.

I know.

[she tuts]

Poor thing.

At this rate we will have to gag him before he removes the ears from every person on this ship by talking them off.

I can hear you, you know. I don't mind Isabela gagging me, but for Hawke's baby sister to do it, that would just be wrong.

[ DAMNIT ANDERS. he has successfully flustered her. ]

I.. there was nothing untoward about that statement! And I would certainly never be involved with you in that sort of context.

[ ever! this is 1 more thing to add to the list of things he does that she does not like. and she is not a baby. what is his fixation on her age anyhow? B| ]

So I will gag who ever I want when the sanity of every one else on this ship is at stake, thank you.

So you're saying I should be forcibly restrained lest I drive you mad?

Stop making it sound like that!

[ what is he doing and can he stop it. now? ]

I'm not the one making it sound like that. Who's just made more than one public statement about wanting to shove things in my mouth that don't belong there?

Maybe if you stop talking, I won't have to say things like that!

It was not meant in any perverse context.

Maybe if you'd stop trying to silence people, you'd stop sounding perverse.

Assuming that any one cares to listen to the ravings of a fanatic.

I would spare them the annoyance.

Oh you wouldn't want me binding you up and gagging you.

I'd forget how to untie the knots and leave you lying on your side in some random corridor, stark naked with the king's unwashed socks in your mouth.

[Very nearly a squawk of outrage on this end. Not quite a squawk, since it comes out recognizably as] Isabela! [ but fairly squawky, yes. ] King Alistair's socks? Maker have mercy. Those things are a Fereldan proverb, I hear tell. For situations when Andraste's arse hairs won't be an epithet quite filthy enough to serve.

When did you get so ... so cruel and unusual?

Since you've started to become so annoying, no doubt.

Well done, Bela! You should do it.

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