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Remove "by human beings" from Law 2
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As I said when we were chatting in Discord, I think this is a good idea. I have never encountered a single situation in which the experience of the AI or crew was improved by some members of it not technically being human, especially since it's usually regarded that the AI should at least avoid killing them for the sake of not griefing - which forms a complicated rules case (I particularly think of the times I've heard the situation described as "they're not human but they're still Human by admins in the past - and fair enough all things considered). And I agree that, especially with how much more common non-humans are these days, it can be a pain to keep track of who you're technically supposed to be ignoring but only sorta-kinda.

Problem that was brought up in Discord (ty flourish): Switching laws to crew would make wizards and nukies exempt from laws immediately, which could lead to some un-fun scenarios. How do we reconcile that?

Spitball idea: Change law 1 to "humans and crew", law 2 to just "crew". Since nukies/wizards are not on the chain of command, the AI already has an argument not to follow their orders; therefore, limiting it to crew does little more than formalize the arrangement. Meanwhile, new law 1 provision would cover both them and non-human crew. Downside: Too confusing? Would be interested in others' thoughts.

(side note: if it was limited to crew, you could technically make anything covered by ai laws by adding it to the manifest. hilarious gag opportunity perhaps?)
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Remove "by human beings" from Law 2 - by BenLubar - 11-21-2020, 07:03 PM
RE: Remove "by human beings" from Law 2 - by GORE - 11-21-2020, 07:32 PM
RE: Remove "by human beings" from Law 2 - by Enfaeutchie - 11-21-2020, 07:49 PM
RE: Remove "by human beings" from Law 2 - by GORE - 11-21-2020, 10:20 PM
RE: Remove "by human beings" from Law 2 - by GORE - 11-22-2020, 12:10 AM
RE: Remove "by human beings" from Law 2 - by GORE - 11-22-2020, 08:36 AM
RE: Remove "by human beings" from Law 2 - by GORE - 11-22-2020, 09:04 AM
RE: Remove "by human beings" from Law 2 - by GORE - 11-25-2020, 05:27 AM

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