On 5/20/23 23:30, Janet Cobb wrote:
>> In rule 2618, amend
>> {{{
>> A consenting player CAN, by announcement, grant a specified entity a
>> promise, specifying its text and becoming its creator.
>> }}}
>> to
>> {{{
>> A Raybot or a consenting player CAN, by announcement, grant a specified
>> entity a promise, specifying its text and becoming its creator.
>> }}}
>> [It's an interesting philosophical question as to whether Raybots can
>> consent to things, so avoid the issue by making it possible for Raybots
>> to create promises by announcement even if they don't consent to them.
>> For what it's worth, rule 2519(3) means that the Raybot probably is
>> consenting, but it's better to make it clear.]
> What happens to such promises when the Raybot ceases to exist?
>
>Actually, in general persons ceasing to exist is likely to cause problems, and the current ruleset is careful to avoid it (R869/51's "is or ever was"; you remain an Agoran person after you die). I'm not sure there's a good solution here. Having disabled Raybots just sit around doing nothing isn't ideal. Auditing the whole ruleset for issues caused by this is probably good to do anyway but error-prone (and future proposals are reasonably likely to introduce new problems). -- Janet Cobb Assessor, Rulekeepor, Stonemason
