Notices by Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca), page 5

Live every day like it's the last two months before the second Trump presidency.

@StarTrekScreens I haven't seen this one!

@time @top-stories-time improving rice production will reduce emissions and make the food supply more stable.

https://drawdown.org/solutions/improved-rice-production

@time @top-stories-time really interesting!

Rice farming is responsible for about 6 billion tons of CO2 equivalent emissions per year - about 1-2% of global emissions.

Flooded rice fields cause large methane emissions from the anaerobic conditions. It's the most GHG-intensive staple crop.

@clipart gar gar gar!

@RandomCanuck I think it's possible to design a robot that would never say no -- that would never *want* to say no. I think there's a strong question of whether that counts as meaningful consent.

I also think it's possible to develop robots that would work other ways.

This educational video about sex robots may help

https://youtu.be/uzO2mi4uHAs

@mcepl I think as devices approach human-level intelligence, questions of consent arise.

@rstevens nice

Thanks everyone who replied!

I think it's complex. Qualified no. Fine up until the device has consciousness. Not fine without consent. An entity that cannot withhold consent cannot give consent. Probably lots of other problems. I say, mostly not great.

@nancycomics quick, Sluggo, blindfold my dog

@cwebber @bnewbold I will leave it up to Brian to decide what Bluesky wants to do to support Christine's work.

For the rest of us who appreciate this and other research she does, I highly recommend making a contribution to the Spritely Institute.

https://www.every.org/spritely

@cwebber @bnewbold I do think if someone at a commercial startup asks the director to write a 24-page report including extensive technical research, they should help offset that work.

But Christine assured me that it's not the case; the level of effort was not requested and is entirely up to her. She's a grown woman, a professional, and knows how to allocate her own time.

@matrixsasuke can be. Especially if they're hurtful. If you said something cruel to someone that you regret, you don't owe it to posterity to leave it as is.

@mcepl is it?

@willow @Blort almost definitely not a living being, unless it's a special bio-robot, but possibly a conscious being.

@Blort if it's *programmed* to consent enthusiastically, is that real consent?

@KarlHeinzHasliP

https://evanp.me/pollfaq#define

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@steevc asking for another robot.