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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 9 May 2018
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    Heh I’m in minority on robot/AI self-disclosure. I’d like them to disclose they’re AIs if asked directly, but not be forced to volunteer the info. I guess we’re in 3 laws of robotics territory. I for one, will defend the rights of R. Duplex Olivaw to drop the R.

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      1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 9 May 2018
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        Yeah the do-not-call registry worked out real well 😂

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      1. Oskar Kohonen‏ @okohonen 9 May 2018
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        For emotionally challenged people like myself, a bot that can get very upset with the unreasonable demands of the other party would help me get the deals I deserve. With said functionality the bot could argue that requiring it to reveal its botness is demeaning.

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      2. Will Bickford‏ @wbic16 9 May 2018
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        The flip side of the coin: if an AI asks you to disclose your humanity, are you compelled to do so?

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      3. Jeff‏ @jeffdeecee 9 May 2018
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        Like a captcha?

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        Really? If you discover 15m into a frustrating convo that it’s a personal assistant AI, you won’t be mad? Dumb ppl should also have to disclose now that I think about it

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      3. Stefan Lesser‏ @stefanlesser 10 May 2018
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        The trajectory we’re on, I’m skeptical these rules will help us. Soon we won’t be able to determine if tweets and texts, voices, or images and videos of people are genuine. A renaissance of personal meetings in real life? I guess we don’t know if we’re in a simulation either…

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      1. foo‏ @slashdottir 10 May 2018
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        I'm picturing a new conversational protocol handshake: Hello? (Hi) Are you a bot? (yes) Ok, me too [both switch to modem noise]

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      1. Soham Chowdhury‏ @evertedsphere 9 May 2018
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        I'm very suspicious about how well it will work in practice. "Human on the other end accidentally uses the UrbanDictionary phrase of the day and our hero the AI is stumped", etc.

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      1. Karthik Sridhar‏ @AntarYaami 9 May 2018
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        Basic rights for robots. Let's go.

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      1. Santosh Hari  😷‏ @_s_hari 9 May 2018
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        Politeness protocols in American society will prevent people from asking

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