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It was bound to happen. Next up, are robots people?
by coldcode 10y ago
It was bound to happen. Next up, are robots people?
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoNo, but companies are (sigh). This is really an expression of Citizens United. Alexa and Siri use cute names to cover it, but "Ok Google" reveals what you're really interacting with for these sorts of tools: You're talking to a company.
- JBReefer 10y agoThis isn't really an HN quality comment. It's dismissive, you don't make a strong point, and it's not really interesting - this is just a rehashing of a common political opinion/disagreement with Citizens United. Please, please don't let HN become Reddit.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoI respectfully disagree. The parent comment was insinuating this was about bots or robots, which it really isn't. Chat-like interface aside, Alexa is no more a "robot" than Gmail or the Amazon.com homepage: It's just an interface to a company's web service. And while I added a (sigh) which indicates some disapproval for the Citizens United decision, my comment wasn't meant to start a conversation of the merits of that decision, but simply indicate that this was effectively a corporate personhood case. If anything, I added the (sigh) because of my concern that I would get downvoted into oblivion by other people who disagree with the Citizens United decision. :/ Please, please don't let HN become Reddit. Don't comment just to tell someone you think their comment is low quality and uninteresting.
- sheeshkebab 10y agoYes, and anything you say to that corporate electronic service can be used in the courts. (The murder in this case is disturbing though) Cloud AI and comm services are sure convenient, but private they are not. Although that's the Internet world we live in now...