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Mina (mina@berlin.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 01:23:57 JST Mina
@javiquinte
Great choice!
And how did it influence you?
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  Mina (mina@berlin.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 18:32:32 JST Mina
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  Actually, I think, at least in my fields, Maths and CS, there is hardly anybody, who's not into SciFi.
  And for many (for me, too), SF played a part in awakening the curiosity about the world and what it could be.
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  Javier Q (javiquinte@mastodon.uy)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 18:32:34 JST Javier Q
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  It was my first #SciFi book! After that, I couldn’t stop reading everything that came to my hands about that. From Bradbury to Asimov, or even Huxley, and of course lots of other authors that I cannot remember anymore.
  This type of literature in addition to popular books directly or indirectly related to science made possible that I could finally become a scientist.
  
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  HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 18:32:57 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
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  For me, too. 🤜🤛
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  Kevin Leecaster (greenfire@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 20:39:51 JST Kevin Leecaster
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  I goofed up and posted this yesterday with only the hashtag #BooksThatInfluencedYou without tagging the crew.
  I saw you mention science fiction and the bible so want to make sure y'all see the book I posted on Sunday by Isaac Asimov, History of the Bible.
  https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire/112627489979459464
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    Attached: 1 image I didn't read the whole description for this twenty #BooksThatInfluencedYou especially the part about no explanations. So, I'll continue explaining as well as breaking another "rule" by posting twice today. As I was looking for the book about comets and living in space, I ran across this book that influenced me in a pretty big way as it really solidified my atheism. Since it is Sunday, I want to post this one now too.
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  Mina (mina@berlin.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 20:39:53 JST Mina
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  The Bible is pretty questionable from an ethical point of view, if you ask me.
  The SF stories with ethical dilemmas are, also in my view, the very best in the genre.
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  ClipHead (cliphead@social.cologne)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 20:39:55 JST ClipHead
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  This.
  Not really into math, but scifi stories taught me more about ethics than the bible, ngl.
  
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  HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 20:40:34 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
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  Javier Q (javiquinte@mastodon.uy)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 20:41:18 JST Javier Q
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  @ClipHead @mina @HistoPol @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @GreenFire @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @MaJ1 @2ndStar @scb Definitely! And the most famous example of this are the three laws of robotics in Asimov’s books. 🤖
  
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  HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 20:41:56 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
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  Me, too.
  @GreenFire @ClipHead @javiquinte @mattotcha @energiepirat @VeroniqueB99 @si_irini @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @forthy42 @MaJ1 @2ndStar @scb
  
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  Mina (mina@berlin.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 20:41:57 JST Mina
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  Thank you for reposting!
  As it didn't show up in the mentions, I had missed it.
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  HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 20:56:14 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
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  #Asimov #LawsOfRpbotics
  Actually, there are already #FiveLawsOfRobotics. The #ZerothLaw was the 4th one and then there's the 5th by #Kesarovski:
  https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110289799462317618
  Some time ago, I suggested the need for a 6th one:
  https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110289835002092860
  However, I see no evidence that even Western #AI companies would be implementing any of them...🤷♂️🤦🤦♂️🤦♀️
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  HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 21:23:21 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
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  PS just found this about the #ZerothLaw
  https://mastodon.social/@podo/111166692628642197
  
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  Mina (mina@berlin.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 21:24:30 JST Mina
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  The nice thing about Asimov's laws is that, they teach people that ethics is a minefield.
  His laws of robotics sound so sensible that they appear to be a reasonable foundation of how to deal with the moral problems arising from artificial intelligence.
  The spectacular failures of such a simple approach are, what make his stories great.
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