That may have been the case (Since it is unclear in the story.) but from my perspective, that still doesn’t seem bad enough to cause a near species wide death rage, particularly since if the children are still alive, they might count for AI voting rights as a member of the human species. It seems the AI would have to have done something currently almost universally regarded as utterly horrible and beyond the pale.
There are a lot of possible alternatives, though. Example further alternative: All of Earth’s children were sold to the Baby Eating Aliens for terraforming technology.
particularly since if the children are still alive, they might count for AI voting rights as a member of the human species.
In short run I image the kids are quite upset about being separated from their families and being told they’ll never see them again. I don’t have, or work around, kids so I don’t know that this would translate into wishing the AI dead, but it feels plausiblish.
That may have been the case (Since it is unclear in the story.) but from my perspective, that still doesn’t seem bad enough to cause a near species wide death rage, particularly since if the children are still alive, they might count for AI voting rights as a member of the human species. It seems the AI would have to have done something currently almost universally regarded as utterly horrible and beyond the pale.
There are a lot of possible alternatives, though. Example further alternative: All of Earth’s children were sold to the Baby Eating Aliens for terraforming technology.
Link: http://lesswrong.com/lw/y5/the_babyeating_aliens_18/
In short run I image the kids are quite upset about being separated from their families and being told they’ll never see them again. I don’t have, or work around, kids so I don’t know that this would translate into wishing the AI dead, but it feels plausiblish.