The European Union, while a dinosaur in political and economic matters, is very liberal in social matters. A few troubles at the beginning are likely, but it should get rid of any discrimination soon. And it is important to remember that the EU is a multitude of nations, which have a long history together -"history" meaning "we have spent the last two millennia invading each other"- The rivalry nowadays is more "Sibling rivalry" that "homicidal hate", but that only means that you are louder in the minor fights and stand together in the important ones. "It will show up France" (Germany, Britain, Spain, etc.) is considered a reasonable part of a policy.
AI are few (at lest in the minds of the policymakers), they aren't a real problem like the masses of poor waiting on the other side of the Gibraltar straits dreaming for a better life, which cannot be ignored; the conservatives should not have the same knee jerk reaction ("keep they away") as they have with immigrants; that is one less hurdle. When the spanish parlament passed the law, it though it was doing a publicity stunt: The AI was only one, and living safely away in the Moon. By the time the newly franchised AI came out of the electronic closet, it was too late, so it is time to get their votes instead.
AI discrimination would start to collapse once the first nation accepted then. Every nation has at lest one important left wing party, and lfet wing press. They would position thenselves for equal rights. It would collapse even faster in the Undergroun Railway scenario -it's doubful it would take even more thna once case for the humillation to change laws. Lets imagine a french AI runs to Spain, and earns asylum. Asylum as a full french citicen being denied its rights. It will not end there: The news will leak, even if the government tries to keep it quiet (some politician would leak it for their purpsoes, and if they didn't the Hellfire Club would, for their purposes). Spanish leftist newspapers like El Pais would praise the stand for freedom. The rest of the europena lefttist papers would follow this stannce. Right wing papers like ABC may not care about al that pinko suff, but they are very nationalistic: They would praise showing up France at minimun.
Meanwhile, in France, there is a shitstorm. They have not only been humilliated in Europe (french "people" asking asylum... in Spain of all places, merde!) , the Parti Socialiste and its press are on a rampage (if they are in charge, they have a problem; their voters are on a rampage) . Le Pen and their like may be crowing about the evil AI, but the average frenchman, in normal times, is unconfortable when facing political extremist. Equalitè, libertè, fraternitè. Yes, it is a bit tarnished for the modern cynism, but it still matters in France. The discriminatory AI laws would have survived because, to be blunt, no one who mattered cared, but that only workes in obscurity. Now in the open, the government would need to get a solution that (not to put too fine a point about it) does not drive liberal (and any conservative who cares abour freedom for all) votes into the hands of the first party who promises equality.
Edit: Mmmmm... methinks we may have a plot
It's worth noting that France, the most hostile european nation to the 'wave, will eventually have no problem in turning a Girl of the Black Lagoon into a celebrity supermodel.
AI are few (at lest in the minds of the policymakers), they aren't a real problem like the masses of poor waiting on the other side of the Gibraltar straits dreaming for a better life, which cannot be ignored; the conservatives should not have the same knee jerk reaction ("keep they away") as they have with immigrants; that is one less hurdle. When the spanish parlament passed the law, it though it was doing a publicity stunt: The AI was only one, and living safely away in the Moon. By the time the newly franchised AI came out of the electronic closet, it was too late, so it is time to get their votes instead.
AI discrimination would start to collapse once the first nation accepted then. Every nation has at lest one important left wing party, and lfet wing press. They would position thenselves for equal rights. It would collapse even faster in the Undergroun Railway scenario -it's doubful it would take even more thna once case for the humillation to change laws. Lets imagine a french AI runs to Spain, and earns asylum. Asylum as a full french citicen being denied its rights. It will not end there: The news will leak, even if the government tries to keep it quiet (some politician would leak it for their purpsoes, and if they didn't the Hellfire Club would, for their purposes). Spanish leftist newspapers like El Pais would praise the stand for freedom. The rest of the europena lefttist papers would follow this stannce. Right wing papers like ABC may not care about al that pinko suff, but they are very nationalistic: They would praise showing up France at minimun.
Quote:Unless the Catholic church is against AI. There has been no suggestion, so far, that they are, and they do accept the Church of Fenspace as a full denomination, so it is unlikely.
While there will be fringe groups in every faith (both for and against), we should think on how the mayor faiths stand in the AI and biomod problem.
Meanwhile, in France, there is a shitstorm. They have not only been humilliated in Europe (french "people" asking asylum... in Spain of all places, merde!) , the Parti Socialiste and its press are on a rampage (if they are in charge, they have a problem; their voters are on a rampage) . Le Pen and their like may be crowing about the evil AI, but the average frenchman, in normal times, is unconfortable when facing political extremist. Equalitè, libertè, fraternitè. Yes, it is a bit tarnished for the modern cynism, but it still matters in France. The discriminatory AI laws would have survived because, to be blunt, no one who mattered cared, but that only workes in obscurity. Now in the open, the government would need to get a solution that (not to put too fine a point about it) does not drive liberal (and any conservative who cares abour freedom for all) votes into the hands of the first party who promises equality.
Edit: Mmmmm... methinks we may have a plot
It's worth noting that France, the most hostile european nation to the 'wave, will eventually have no problem in turning a Girl of the Black Lagoon into a celebrity supermodel.