I really don't think we should debate this in detail here. I've actually worked in that field for a number of years and took more than a few courses on it. Suffice it to say, I'd say 80% of what you can easily get on the internet on nuclear power is utter BS, particularly when it comes to human effects. I've recently been pointing that out elsewhere with the sailors on the USS Ronald Reagan, a carrier who are suing over Fukushima. Their claims are 100% BS nonsense. I don't say that lightly either. Several have serious medical conditions and I can sympathize that their plight is causing them and their families grief. But, it isn't due to Fukushima.stelarfox wrote:first about chernobil, and other nuclear disasters, radiation takes year to happen, and this kind of guys are powerfull so they can rather easily cover anything up or, blame anthing else.
suppose you lived near a nuclear power plant, and you have a kid with that in 20 years dies of a tumor, and lets suppose that it happen because of the radiation, how do you hell you prove that?.
thats why the number of incidents seem so small.
In the case of the movie, we are never told what it takes to make a Stepford wife. Since at the end, the main protagonist confronts her own robot clone, one can assume that those making them can do so without the original. Given the limited evidence, divorce would work. Your version assumes the worst case in the movie. Divorcing the original then having a new, different, wife made-to-order seems a better way to go. The evidence the movie gives says it is clearly possible.on the stephord wives movie, first they needed a human for making them, second, the point if they divorce then that really does not solves so much. (and not the idea of the movie either). and if you want to know my opinion the only stupid there was the guy that did not replace her wife and caused all the problem (also how that is totally unguarded and able to get on by anyone is a fully questionable, to the point that it will only work for it).
i mean if i has been doing that the conversion will not be optional and no mater what the husband touches, the female gets converted either way. so as the movie goes he will try that and get the female turned even if he did not tried. on any case i will have ended that movie with the female hating her new life so much that her head blown off or got "erased" because she cannot handle it.
This eliminates the need to kill the original, or go to the effort of making a duplicate that is so good anyone would have a hard time telling the difference other than her odd behavior. That fits with the movie.
Free will is necessary unless you want what are essentially slaves. Sure, you can put limits on free will but if you eliminate it then you get true automatons. That is, they become mindless robots. Asimov's robot laws almost go there. That was the point of A Clockwork Orange. The criminal had his free will to commit crimes or do violence removed entirely. His previous victims as well as his fellow gangsters (now police) all take advantage of his inability to defend himself and extract revenge.on the other side about a governemt with that issues, you really give me a good idea for a good RP.
situation: overpouplation, new law, every female with one kid or more should be send to robotization. and also anyone "not wanting" to get pregnant.
adding to that any criminal is done the same too. to reduce the needs of the planet.
even so to not generate chaos, the new robots needs ownership or they self destroy by programming in 2 minutes tops. also they fry themselves if they try to go against any rule: 1) do not kill any humans by action or inaction, 2) Obey your owner, 3) protect your owners possesions by action or inaction (protect your owner is already set in rule 1).
if you ask me, leting any machine with 100% free will, its stupid (and in fact i just though of this and i am not religious so if this is again any religion i am sorry but as i just say just a though, in the creation god say that give the man free will, and make us as his image, wonder if dieying, is not just a "kill switch" installed on us so if we do not behave that just can be triggered, i mean what will happen in a world where if you kill someone else you die instantly or you could not even do it, some people will say then you do not have free will, but really do you?, if you want to fly by yourself without any tool can you? if you want to go outside earth can you, do we really have will or we think we have it?) sometimes not sure how not machies humans are animals are really.
On the other hand, having them programmed to obey an owner so long as it is not detrimental to the robot is fine. Having them unable to commit felonies or violent crimes while allowing for self-defense is fine. But, the argument people can't fly is simply a straw man. People also can't breathe underwater. So? Humans have limitations, so would robots. I typically give mine in stories many.
Some of mine include: Inability to be bored. They instead wait for input or something they are programmed to do. They can do repetitive tasks without being bored too.
They don't get tired. But, their need to consume electricity requires they have access to a source regularly. Humans can survive "in the wild" better.
Humans have an advantage in creativity and initiative. The robots won't do new or odd stuff on their own. They do as they're programmed to do.
The idea I like to put forward is both need each other because they're better off that way.
By making government a major obstacle you have a "Them" to deal with. So, I do things like:
Robots have to have an owner. If they don't the government hunts them down for (variously) disposal, repurposing, etc.
Robots that show too much initiative, or in some cases, are self-aware are not allowed. This varies as it dulls them down quite a bit if you use it. On the other hand, if you have a robot character that can it is a good way to force action.
Robots are controlled in public when on their own. This is no different than having the cops in a police state as "Papers please," at every turn.
If you have true AI, sooner or later heavy handed suppression of intellect will result in rebellion. The alternative is something worse than North Korea.
But, if you had a government that was converting the poor, homeless, criminals, what-have-you into robots to make them "useful" to society along with converting women to control population you get several great storylines to play with.
Another storyline is government converting them to be shipped off world to colonize elsewhere. I'll leave that one go as I have several nifty variants I can write up as stories on that.