It is shocking enough that Navvy Jim is dedicated. It is shocking enough that Navvy Jim is sincere <\/i>and earnest <\/i>in his desire to play rock-paper-scissors; and more, that the robot has shown indications of sensibility, indications of conceptual flexibility, as if Navvy Jim were capable of imagining situations where it could conceivably be correct not<\/i> to play rock-paper-scissors, or not to win. Once, for instance, when Eldri was puttering around and working on a Candyland-playing robot \u2014 the concept being more difficult than it might at first appear \u2014 Navvy Jim\u2019s eyes took soft light in the background, and Eldri heard him wonder this:<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I must kill a man, ought I also to defeat him in the game?\u201d<\/p>\n
Eldri expressed concern: \u201cJim.\u201d<\/p>\n
The robot tilted its head. It regarded him. \u201cTell me, sir; does it make an action moral to win rock-paper-scissors with it, or does it make rock-paper-scissors immoral when the things one does with it are bad?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou should not experience such concerns,\u201d Eldri had explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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