Yeah. Good point about the terminology covering all bases. I guess that part of my comment points more towards my experience, and making sure I was being inclusive. As someone who was brought up with parents/adults using slurs in everyday conversations, I tend to overcorrect
It’s absolutely not “intelligent”. You’re letting techbros con you into thinking text predictors are sentient. Don’t let them.
This story is explicitly about how the robot wasn’t autonomous, and was clearly being operated remotely by a human.
He is correct though. The dude (ladydude?) controlling the mech certainly could do with some rights
“Person” covers all bases, and I agree about rights for humans. Hard to say what their situation is without knowing more, though.
Yeah. Good point about the terminology covering all bases. I guess that part of my comment points more towards my experience, and making sure I was being inclusive. As someone who was brought up with parents/adults using slurs in everyday conversations, I tend to overcorrect
No worries. It’s always good to do that, even if it’s not perfect. It’s an ongoing process for all of us.