For certain definitions of 'awesome'; we'd be inviting murder and deception and all manner of crime via robot. I think the lesson from Asimov is that we can't bank on a simple set of laws to protect us from killer robots.
The zeroth law is most important, as well. If we try this route we'd have to be sure to implement that law first.
> A robot may not harm humanity; or through inaction allow humanity to come to harm.
The robot killing itself is both a direct action, and results in future inaction, through which humanity may come to harm which the robot could have prevented, had it not killed itself. So that's not a magic-bullet solution.
If it kills itself, it might cause depression in the inventors. So that's definitely not a solution, let alone the only possible one.
A closer solution is to properly simulate humanity and determine which actions work. (There's the ethical question about how good a sim before you've caused consciousness. But I don't think we know enough about consciousness to fully conclude anything there.)
That would be good in theory but might not be so good, interesting thoughts on the subject from Computerphile - Why Asimov's Laws of Robotics Don't Work - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PKx3kS7f4A
It's the combined plot for pretty much every Asimov book they appear in. That's discussed in the linked video, as well as the grand picture of why they don't really make sense as "laws" since they're basically impossible to define without first defining all of ethics.
db.de (as well as ix.de, hq.de, and bb.de) was registered before the registration of two-letter was forbidden. After a lawsuit they had to give vw.de to Volkswagen which then led to permitting all short domains. Those were given out on a first-come, first-serve basis (i.e. to those with the best resources).
This is really going to help a lot of sites protect themselves - right now we just have the evil bit, but being able to block addresses with a ptr in .bot should eliminate drive-by defacement altogether.
I got way downvoted for my previous comment. Interesting! lol
That said, I didn't even realize Amazon had a domain registration section. I'm with you that it'll be a total rip off. I'm hoping it's not that absurd because it'd be a really fun one to own!
I still find private companies taking generic TLDs like this (that's probably a bad term, I'm trying to say I have a problem with .bot but not say, .aws) a pretty awful idea. What is the point? Why should Amazon get to buy a chunk of the DNS system like this?
That doesn't actually answer my question, the assumption is still there, unexplained. So we don't get a generic .dev TLD for content targeted at software developers; so what? DNS has existed for thirty years without one, yet we've managed to show content for developers somehow, and we'll continue to do so. The new gTLD program has changed nothing of relevance for us. Does it really matter if Google paid a few hundred grand to get shorter domains?
The whole discussion just reminds me of children in the playground arguing over who gets to play with the red ball.
I, for one, welcome our new larvæ/homosexual/jumping/boat/wineskin/bagpipe/blunt/impolite/bone/offering/bidding/occuring/stick/container/tail/phallic/fine/help/repair/compensation/improvement/toad/strike overlords.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 127 ms ] threadThe zeroth law is most important, as well. If we try this route we'd have to be sure to implement that law first.
> A robot may not harm humanity; or through inaction allow humanity to come to harm.
A closer solution is to properly simulate humanity and determine which actions work. (There's the ethical question about how good a sim before you've caused consciousness. But I don't think we know enough about consciousness to fully conclude anything there.)
That the three rules don't always work?
w-w-w-dot-dot-dot-bot
http-slash-slash-slashdot-dot-org
I also got a laugh, wonder how many readers know who Sebastian Cabot is?
https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/evil-bit-RFC3514-real-world-...
http://nic.bot/pdf/BOT-DPSStatement.pdf
After wading through the control panel, I finally found the domain registration section. But there is no .bot option as yet.
Judging by the pricing of other boutique TLDs, listed there, it will probably be a rip off. (Yup, all pure conjecture on my part.)
That said, I didn't even realize Amazon had a domain registration section. I'm with you that it'll be a total rip off. I'm hoping it's not that absurd because it'd be a really fun one to own!
You were downvoted because it added nothing to the discussion.
Perhaps keep an eye on this list: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/reg...
Looking through that Gandi seem to be a strong associate, they are pre-reserving there.
>Information on the .BOT space, registration policies, and launch dates will be forthcoming.
ICANN's wiki[0] is also lacking in information
[0]: http://icannwiki.com/.bot
EDIT: I should have read the rest of the comments before posting this.
robot 4.14
abbot 3.1
bot 3
talbot 2.89
cabot 2.84
turbot 2.27
sabot 2.08
Why the long wait?
according to http://icannwiki.com/.bot
that sums it up fairly well.
The whole discussion just reminds me of children in the playground arguing over who gets to play with the red ball.
(Okay, 'bot' will probably be used exclusively to mean robot, but it has many other meanings: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bot)