EVE General Discussion

I'm in the process of joining Goonwaffe (after my 5bn Background Check Fee is processed, and my caps are transported to VFK); I was discussing current fleet strategy with my recruiter, and he let that drop (just kidding, he said he doesn't mind if I post about it).

I'm in the process of joining Goonwaffe (after my 5bn Background Check Fee is processed, and my caps are transported to VFK); I was discussing current fleet strategy with my recruiter, and he let that drop (just kidding, he said he doesn't mind if I post about it).

Please let this be true and not a troll.

If you want to get back at the evil goonies and learn the arts of ~elite~ PvP, I will gladly help you get into the glorious PizzaCo, for a small consideration.

Oh gawd, my stupidity detector. It does nothing!

We don't know who struck first, us or them. But we do know it was us that scorched the sky.

Anyone who has played EVE long enough knows that there is a substantial and persistent Bot presence (in mining, station trading, PvE, etc.). Anyone who keeps up with technological advancements and science news knows that AIs are getting more and more advanced; we are fast approaching a point in EVE where the bots will be functionally indistinguishable from humans; they will be able to pass what I have dubbed the "Jack Gates Test", wherein an EVE pubbie gets scammed out of billions of ISK and multiple cap ships by an advanced Bot, without ever realizing it was not a human being. Rumors abound that the Goonswarm Federation is also experimenting with bots capable of participating in large-scale PvP through communication with a human fleet leader and a pre-programmed set of fleet commands (bump FC, orbit at 69km, mimic genitals on the Avatar, etc.).

With all this comes the very real possibility that these new Bots will develop a human-like Ego and sense of personalized will, which raises all sorts of ethical issues that I'm not sure the MMO community is prepared to deal with, though EVE players are certainly more enlightened than the average WoW caveman. Will CCP have to re-evaluate their stance on Bots if (dare I say, When?) they become independent paying customers that split off from their human masters and form their own corporations?

He is merely referencing a documentary about the bots using humans.

Anyone who has played EVE long enough knows that there is a substantial and persistent Bot presence (in mining, station trading, PvE, etc.). Anyone who keeps up with technological advancements and science news knows that AIs are getting more and more advanced; we are fast approaching a point in EVE where the bots will be functionally indistinguishable from humans; they will be able to pass what I have dubbed the "Jack Gates Test", wherein an EVE pubbie gets scammed out of billions of ISK and multiple cap ships by an advanced Bot, without ever realizing it was not a human being. Rumors abound that the Goonswarm Federation is also experimenting with bots capable of participating in large-scale PvP through communication with a human fleet leader and a pre-programmed set of fleet commands (bump FC, orbit at 69km, mimic genitals on the Avatar, etc.).

With all this comes the very real possibility that these new Bots will develop a human-like Ego and sense of personalized will, which raises all sorts of ethical issues that I'm not sure the MMO community is prepared to deal with, though EVE players are certainly more enlightened than the average WoW caveman. Will CCP have to re-evaluate their stance on Bots if (dare I say, When?) they become independent paying customers that split off from their human masters and form their own corporations?