Whereas if the law says the person may not engage in this behavior recklessly, then the artists may well be found guilty, since they released the bot into an environment where they could be substantially certain some unlawful outcome would occur.

Be prepared to defend it.....

I can die a happy man now I've been mentioned in an io9 article!

These people are also why I'm more vocal about telling people that I'm a Christian, and I believe in science too. They give everyone a bad name. They're that one kid who stole something off the teacher's desk and won't admit it, so now the whole class gets detention.

What TTT says: Many scientists do not believe the earth is millions of years old.

"Reckless and incompetent expounders of Holy Scripture" is going to be my go-to insult from now on.

These fucking assholes should go home and reconsider their life choices.

The gritty reboot of Howl's Moving Castle looks GREAT!

Setting aside all the ethical arguments for a moment:

But really, it's about ethics in gaming journalism.

The Internet: Where "I do not agree with you" turns into "I will fucking murder your entire family".

I dig that Mr. Takei is suggesting that voter interest will help stop political gridlock, and I know this isn't the place for a long discussion about what's wrong with US politics, but...

Because there has been a wildly successful campaign to reframe "Christianity" as "defiantly literalist Protestant Evangelical Conservative Christianity," and so people are surprised when the Pope says stuff like this.

Dr Kawashima is a great one because those who get it would be creeped out and those who dont would still be creeped out

Shw... Wh... Hu... Ga... AARGH!

Yeah, but webs are all a spider really has to think about. They don't have to worry about work and crushing student loan debt.

True enough. That's what makes most superhero movies work, for sure.

Look, we already know where this is going.

extreme? Perhaps not.

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