Re: [foaf-dev] foaf robots as People?

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Quoting Melvin Carvalho (2015-03-08 22:02:17)
> On 8 March 2015 at 21:48, Lars Fischer <[email protected]> =

> wrote:
>> Excerpts from Melvin Carvalho's message of 2015-03-08 15:27:43 +0100:
>>> I'm in the process of writing foaf robots that update a status feed.
>>>
>>> Can I make them a Person?
>>
>> are there any reasons why they cannot be "Agent"? Seems about right, =

>> considering the spec even mentions "software bots":
>
>
> Sure robots can be Agents, and probably should.
>
> However, for things like "Intelligent Personal Assistants" [1] I am =

> wondering if I can go one step further and make them a Person too.=C2=A0 =

> e.g. Hal etc.

Are you really asking if some robots can be considered human?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Positronic_Man :-)

I do not think we are close enough to the singularity yet, and find that =

Agent is for now appropriate for all non-human actors - no matter their =

(currently achievable!) degree of "personality" or "intelligence".


 - Jonas

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