Ultimately it needs to be very simple:
1.) Voluntary population control (birth control is the only one we'd morally consider.
2.) Productivity and need satiation
3.) Meaning
If we ever figure out how to deal with those where they all mesh together, we're golden. Otherwise, we're screwed. Until we reach replication Star Trek levels, the idea should be to satisfy everybody's needs with as little labor as possible. The problem is exploitation, income inequality, overpopulation, and lack of meaning. We make some rich beyond practical measure, and others die in the street.... We as a species suck at this.
As for AI, how happy would you be with a hammer that could hypothetically wield itself? It's a tool or a weapon entirely based upon the intent of the wielder. While it would be hilarious to watch the NRA's classic argument of "Guns don't kill people; people kill people," fall apart, because the gun became self aware, the point is made....
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http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=103213.msg6052622#msg6052622That detailed some of the completely unworkable concept of "religious liberty." Mr Huckabee said "It’s like asking somebody who’s Jewish to start serving bacon-wrapped-shrimp in their deli. ...
or asking a Muslim to serve up something that is offensive to him...."
http://news.yahoo.com/video/former-employee-suing-costco-religious-225748542.htmlWell guess what.... Here's a Muslim individual saying that he should be allowed to pick his job inside the Costco Store to some place where he won't have to be near pork. He was hired to do a job as a cashier's assistant, at a place that sells, among other things, pork.... He doesn't believe it's ok for him to handle or be around pork or alcohol, which they also sell. So basically does Costco have to somehow quarentine this dude to make sure no pork or booze comes around him and honestly can they? What if a customer has a pork or alcohol product in the cart when they come to whatever area of the store they hypothetically put this dude in?
Even so, the electronics department, where he requested to be placed, is a neat gig with a lot less menial (using your hands) work and more mental salespersonship and typically one you have to work up to. Electronics is sort of a semi sales position. Cashier's assistant is more or less a checkout position on the bottom of the rung. This guy just gets to line jump all the way up to a nice gig? Why? He's Muslim and doesn't believe in handling pork or alcohol, which are among the items he was hired to check out with the cashiers, so he gets an automatic promotion up away from the checkout and onto the electronics sales floor?
Hey, "Religious liberty?"
Somebody should ask Mr. Huckabee if he supports this man's lawsuit.
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