Would you become a robot?

You know, it is actually not that difficult to make a virus-proof robot. The reason viruses are such a problem with modern computers is that their operating systems are designed in a very non-controlling way. In other words, there are very few limits as to what a peice of software can do. On a modern computer, a *.exe file has the power to directly edit the data on the hard drive and RAM, with out having to pass through any sort of interface. If you simply made a robot with an operating system that requires software to edit the data on the hard drive and RAM through an interface defined by the operating system, rather than editing it directly, then it would be impossible to make a virus for that operating system.

Hmm.... but an executable file contains the binary machine code. Obviously, that means it can use any commands that the machine can understand. So how do you propose to make sensitive commands unavailable to the machine code while still making it possible to execute these commands? It doesn't really seem possible to me, though I could be missing something.

And how exactly does suicide not count as a death?

It's death, yes, but it's not an age-related death. Which is the type of death I was talking about, even if I didn't explicitly say so.

 

Simply design the operating system so that executable files don't contain machine code, but contain something very close to machine code which has limitations to prevent malicious software, and is interpreted by the operating system. In other words, make it so that the only actual machine code in the robot is the operating system itself.

 

It's death, yes, but it's not an age-related death. Which is the type of death I was talking about, even if I didn't explicitly say so.

And why is it (heh) that only an age related death matters? And if you're gonna talk about that "friends die, relatives die" thing, ever read or seen The Bicentennial Man?

 

It's death, yes, but it's not an age-related death. Which is the type of death I was talking about, even if I didn't explicitly say so.

A kid died from suicide
An old man died from his age.


Tell me, who is more dead?
It doesn't matter how you get led into death, as long as you can reach it dieing is dieing no matter what road you take to reach it.

There is no "Type" of death. There are "Ways to reach death", but there's no types of it.

 

Simply design the operating system so that executable files don't contain machine code, but contain something very close to machine code which has limitations to prevent malicious software, and is interpreted by the operating system. In other words, make it so that the only actual machine code in the robot is the operating system itself.

...So the OS won't even attempt to execute a file containing machine code. I guess it could work.

And, since it is a robot, the OS could confirm with the robot's consciousness when a program tries to delete something.

And why is it (heh) that only an age related death matters? And if you're gonna talk about that "friends die, relatives die" thing, ever read or seen The Bicentennial Man?

Because an age related death is general beyond one's control, whereas suicide is a choice made.

A kid died from suicide
An old man died from his age.


Tell me, who is more dead?

They're equally dead, but one of them made a choice to die for whatever reason.

It doesn't matter how you get led into death, as long as you can reach it dieing is dieing no matter what road you take to reach it.

Perhaps, but immortality is generally about being free of age-related deaths. And sometimes it's about simply being incapable of dying, and in fact that sort of immortality is definitely a curse.

There is no "Type" of death. There are "Ways to reach death", but there's no types of it.

Um... those are kind of the same thing, aren't they?

 

Um... those are kind of the same thing, aren't they?

What I mean is
Theres no different "Kind" of death. Meaning death is death, there's no "special" death its just death.

Reach it anyway you want, it's still death.

 

Some people would disagree with you (eg death of the body vs death of the soul and stuff like that). And there may be other ways that separate death into various kinds.


They're all hypothetical, though, so I'm not going to argue them.

 

Because an age related death is general beyond one's control, whereas suicide is a choice made.

I still don't understand why's that so bad. And even if I did, this argumentation is still a bit off here, since you first have to decide to become immortal.

 

I still don't understand why's that so bad.

...I wasn't trying to say suicidal deaths are worse than age deaths. I do think that death is an essential part of life, though.

since you first have to decide to become immortal.

In this scenario, yes, that's true. There are stories where a person is forced to become immortal, but that's not really what this is about, is it...

 

I'mma Chargin' Ma Lasor!

Another reason: all robots have death beams or laser cannons. XD

 

That is not true.

 

yes i would. thn i would live untill i want to die, then get killed by a massive zombie sky dragon.

 

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But where will you get a massive zombie sky dragon?

 

well, whatever ill ahve the ppl shut me down, i was kinda joking : P
its not like a robot is completely invincible, they can over time probably rust and fall apart, then choose to just die rather than transplant again or they could get killed some way.
they arent immortal .

 

Well, that depends on what the robot is made of... and whether it's built to maintain itself... but yes, robots can "die" a natural death too.

 

HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Well, that depends on what the robot is made of...

The robot is made of cheese O_o

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A cheese robot? Wouldn't be a very good robot, no? Everyone would be trying to eat it.

 

Not if it's moldy and gross they wouldn't

 

Note to self : Don't get near WoC. Even he doesn't want us to.



Well, we come back to the question on why Quote poofs when he dies.