If we believe in spirits, wouldn't that be a clear defining line? So I'd think no
That's a good point! I never thought about it that way
Have you seen "The Bicentennial Man?"
I was just thinking if they're indistinguishable from human beings, then it would be like murder. But then I don't believe technology will ever get to that point No I haven't! Is it good?
Whoops You still here?
Yeah I am! No worries
Bicentennial Man is a movie starring Robin Williams as a robot that wants to be human
Wow that sounds really good!
I like it. Alittle oddball, but deep moral questions like this
Cool! It's definitely going on my "must see" list. Who's your favorite fictional robot character of all time?
Hmm
Hard question, right?
As a kid I LOVED R2-D2, although as an adult I don't feel like he's a developed enough character to be meaningfuk *meaningful
True, true
Probably the Iron Giant And you?
My sister loves that movie! I always thought that Number Five from "Short Circuit" was funny But my faves are probably K2-SO and EVE
Yes they are both awesome. What's "short circuit?"
It's a 1980s movie about a robot that comes to life (one of it's most famous quotes is "Number 5 is alive!"). Kind of inappropriate sometimes, but amusing
Cool. That will go on my "must watch" list  What do you think the future of artificial intelligence will be like? How intelligent will it get?
I don't think it'll ever get close to the human brain. But I think eventually we'll get pretty good at simulating human emotions.
Yeah, I think we'll all be surprised
I think robots in the future will be able to hold fairly decent conversations with us. Maybe not the most complex conversations, but conversations nonetheless
The thing I wonder about is how well AI can and will be able to predict our actions
True! Humans can be pretty unpredictable sometimes
But are we really? There might be enough trends that AI could get pretty good at guessing Robots as conservation partners and coworkers is a cool concept too. I haven't thought about that.
That's true. But at the same time our emotions can vary from day to day. Something I say that makes you happy today can annoy you later if you're having a bad day Oh yeah! Imagine having a robot as a good friend 
I'm a little overoptimisfic because I'm in engineering and I honk everything can be modelled. Even behavior. I realize that's a pretty bold thing to believe. A robot buddy EVE or WALL-E would be great!
Very bold indeed, but you're probably right. If we analyze this kind of stuff long enough and gather enough data, who knows what we will discover
My spelling is so bad here! Haha
So true!  Sorry not about your spelling
I "honk" everything can be modelled
Oh was that supposed to say "think"?  I thought you were going for a "I declare from the rooftops" sort of thing...but with a horn