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How would we prove to robots that we are alive and they are not?

Asked by Imadethisupwithnoforethought (14682points) July 26th, 2012

I am concerned about the coming robopocalypse.

When the hot blond android asks you to prove that we are alive, how will you establish our being alive? What evidence will you come up with?

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Adirondackwannabe's avatar

How hot is the blonde?

Mr_Paradox's avatar

Simply tell it that “The following sentence is true. The previous sentance is false.” Then run to a safe distance and watch it explode as it’s logic circuits are overloaded.

Adirondackwannabe's avatar

I would guess my tongue falling off it’s rollers would give her a clue. Wow. I love those hips.

ragingloli's avatar

You would not, because you can not.

blueiiznh's avatar

@Imadethisupwithnoforethought glad it wasn’t Betty White Hot

In any event, I would easily prove it by a show of areolas.

Mama_Cakes's avatar

I’d prove it to her. Somehow.

(get in line, boys)

Adirondackwannabe's avatar

@Mama_Cakes I’d love to double team her with you.

Mama_Cakes's avatar

You’re on.

Adirondackwannabe's avatar

@Mama_Cakes You don’t even have to touch me, it would be so fun to just go crazy pleasing you and her. If I go any further there may be arrest warrants.

Imadethisupwithnoforethought's avatar

We are so gonna die if they send Tricia androids

Mariah's avatar

Our definitions of life are already so arbitrary-seeming anyway. “Composed of cells” my ass – everyone knows that the thing that makes us truly feel “alive” is consciousness. Thing is, how do we know whether anything else is conscious? Robots might insist that they are conscious – should we disbelieve them? How come – isn’t that the only proof you have that any other human is conscious, too? I dunno, if robots gain a sense of self, I think they are alive for all intents and purposes. And there’s no way we can prove that we are too.

josie's avatar

Will I turn off the blond android if I engage in this debate?

Imadethisupwithnoforethought's avatar

@josie Assume she will serve you @josie if you win. Otherwise, why would she ask?

King_Pariah's avatar

Do something irrational and illogical

gailcalled's avatar

We know the difference between “it’s” and “its”?

Nullo's avatar

Don’t biologists go on about reproduction being the end goal of an organism? Typical sci-fi robots aren’t self-replicating.

ucme's avatar

Our arseholes are not welded shut, unless you include homophobic buttwipes of course.

ragingloli's avatar

@Nullo
I do not think the biological definition of life is what OP is going for, but the ‘cogito ergo sum’ one.

Nullo's avatar

@ragingloli Perhaps, but if robotics goes as far as some people are hoping, that may be the only distinguishing factor.

ragingloli's avatar

@Nullo
And at that point, completely irrelevant.

RocketSquid's avatar

My first action would be to make the robot define “alive”.

Nullo's avatar

@ragingloli Hardly. The ol’ species won’t last without reproduction.

ragingloli's avatar

That is what factories are for. The only difference is that Humans’ are internal.

Nullo's avatar

@ragingloli And don’t rely on an advanced industrial base, complicated logistics, or access to rare, exotic materials.

Berserker's avatar

I don’t think you can, even if, somehow, with some argument you can glitch its functions while it’s processing the information, and at that point, I’d sooner crescent kick it in the face and be done with it.
Robots are not conscious or alive, and can only process information and react accordingly based on what it’s programed to do, kind of like a garbage disposal or a video game console. I’d just kick it in the balls and be done with it.

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