
94 - Robot Friendship and Hatred
Philosophical Disquisitions
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Is It Possible to Be Friends With Robots?
"In principle, it seems to me, in principle, possible for a robot to be our friends," he says. "But from my spective er, the conditions that you state for friendship, there are just too many of them." 'I argue against your four conditions by suggesting that e the imperfect conditions would be too easy to satisfy,' adds Hulme. "'On my account, a robot would not need to meet all four imperfect conditions to be a friend' And i think that my mutual good will condition would also remove the iphone worry that i raised against your account,'" writes Hulme on his blog.
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