This is really going to help a lot of sites protect themselves - right now we just have the evil bit, but being able to block addresses with a ptr in .bot should eliminate drive-by defacement altogether.
I still find private companies taking generic TLDs like this (that's probably a bad term, I'm trying to say I have a problem with .bot but not say, .aws) a pretty awful idea. What is the point? Why should Amazon get to buy a chunk of the DNS system like this?
That doesn't actually answer my question, the assumption is still there, unexplained. So we don't get a generic .dev TLD for content targeted at software developers; so what? DNS has existed for thirty years without one, yet we've managed to show content for developers somehow, and we'll continue to do so. The new gTLD program has changed nothing of relevance for us. Does it really matter if Google paid a few hundred grand to get shorter domains?
The whole discussion just reminds me of children in the playground arguing over who gets to play with the red ball.
For certain definitions of 'awesome'; we'd be inviting murder and deception and all manner of crime via robot. I think the lesson from Asimov is that we can't bank on a simple set of laws to protect us from killer robots.
The zeroth law is most important, as well. If we try this route we'd have to be sure to implement that law first.
> A robot may not harm humanity; or through inaction allow humanity to come to harm.
The robot killing itself is both a direct action, and results in future inaction, through which humanity may come to harm which the robot could have prevented, had it not killed itself. So that's not a magic-bullet solution.
If it kills itself, it might cause depression in the inventors. So that's definitely not a solution, let alone the only possible one.
A closer solution is to properly simulate humanity and determine which actions work. (There's the ethical question about how good a sim before you've caused consciousness. But I don't think we know enough about consciousness to fully conclude anything there.)
That would be good in theory but might not be so good, interesting thoughts on the subject from Computerphile - Why Asimov's Laws of Robotics Don't Work - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PKx3kS7f4A
It's the combined plot for pretty much every Asimov book they appear in. That's discussed in the linked video, as well as the grand picture of why they don't really make sense as "laws" since they're basically impossible to define without first defining all of ethics.
I got way downvoted for my previous comment. Interesting! lol
That said, I didn't even realize Amazon had a domain registration section. I'm with you that it'll be a total rip off. I'm hoping it's not that absurd because it'd be a really fun one to own!
I, for one, welcome our new larvæ/homosexual/jumping/boat/wineskin/bagpipe/blunt/impolite/bone/offering/bidding/occuring/stick/container/tail/phallic/fine/help/repair/compensation/improvement/toad/strike overlords.
db.de (as well as ix.de, hq.de, and bb.de) was registered before the registration of two-letter was forbidden. After a lawsuit they had to give vw.de to Volkswagen which then led to permitting all short domains. Those were given out on a first-come, first-serve basis (i.e. to those with the best resources).
