Strange things happen around here. The Aibo dogs that I talked about a while ago and that were gone when Lilia came back from her world tour, now seem to be locked in a room (one of the three). It is a test: what would happen to the dog when he is left alone for a long time. Would it make him a vicious dog?
There is also a poster sticked on the window from the so-called "AIBO Liberation Army" who quotes Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832):
The most important question is not can they reason, nor can they talk but can they suffer.
Oh dear, I hope not that my suggestion to kick the dog (I didn't do that, honestly) caused a thinking of some people in this direction. I wonder what it says about how serious we are at our institute. I mean, what we really are, not what we want the outside world to think.
Robert wrote a similar posting: http://www.tailorable.com/blog/archive/00000044.html
Posted by: Carla | February 01, 2005 at 03:30 PM