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Old 01-31-2018, 03:08 AM   #11
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Default Re: Is TS optimistic or pessimistic?

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Originally Posted by Anthony View Post
The real problem is LAIs, not SAIs. There are things a bioroid can do that an LAI won't be effective at, but most of them aren't the types of things canon suggests bioroids are used for.
Canon is very consistent about biosophonts drastically underestimating LAIs outside the Caliphate. They're not given sapient rights even in most jurisdictions which give them to SAIs, and not trusted with tasks SAIs and bioroids are. Even though the only serious argument against LAIs is that they're (very high-functioning) autists. And those are still considered persons if they're human in most jurisdictions, and trusted with tasks that don't require people skills. IOW, the reason they're not replacing bioroids seems to be memetic more than performance-based.
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