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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Wow, that's interesting. I presume there's a computing underground? A black market in high-powered processors and super-human AI software?
This is an interesting side-step of the issues of identity and civil rights that arises when AI reaches human levels of intelligence. Sci Fi writers have been exploring that for the last decade or so.
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To fix a typo in that quote, there are 212 countries, not 112.
If something's illegal, There's always going to be a black market for it. Security is pretty tight though. There are scanners on every corner in cities and an untagged robot can't cross the street without being picked up and sent to the pound. The people that do have ultra reals don't let them go far outdoors because they'll get arrested. If you get out into more rural areas where scanners are more of a rarity you might see an ultra-real on the street, assuming you can tell the difference. It should be noted that each individual function of an android is legal. It doesn't get illegal until you start combining a unit that looks like, thinks like and sounds like a human.
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Originally Posted by BadNick
thank you...next time you get a few minutes into the future, check to see if I'm satified...now it feels right, though. Wormhole storms seem somewhat scary, though.
ps: I just realized that in another place & time you used to be Cybermike!...one of my role playing buddies from the vampire game. Now I understand how we won that so handily.
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I miss tilted Roleplaying..