I was watching Aladdin and Aladdin does the right thing in setting the Genie free with his last wish, but... is that what you would do if you had three wishes? Do you set your genie free or are you using that last wish?
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If you had a genie with three wishes, do you set him free with the last wish?
- Thread starter Uzumaki Goku
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Bit of an ethical quandary, there.
If it was Genie from Aladdin? Sure, he's a sweetheart.
But what about some other, random genie? Sure, he's a slave, and slavery is wrong, but what if he's a goddamn monster? You've just set loose upon the universe a near-omnipotent evil being.
If it was Genie from Aladdin? Sure, he's a sweetheart.
But what about some other, random genie? Sure, he's a slave, and slavery is wrong, but what if he's a goddamn monster? You've just set loose upon the universe a near-omnipotent evil being.
If the comic Fables has taught me anything, it's that the third wish has to be used to put the genie back into the bottle, or else it'll be free to kill (but most likely, torture) you and then wreak havoc upon the world(s).
If he wants it I'll wish for him to turn into a free human.
I'm not unleashing something that powerful upon the world with no limits.
I'm not unleashing something that powerful upon the world with no limits.
That phrase sounds like a wish. So, you are down to 1 (since you promised to free him).
I'd ask the genie first.
If genies are bound to the lamps in a way where freeing them from it would kill them, or the genie just flat out doesn't want to be free, then I'm not going to wish for it.
Though asking that the lamp will only be found by people who would treat the genie with kindness and respect is an option, too. If the genie can't be freed, at least make its life slightly more bearable.
If genies are bound to the lamps in a way where freeing them from it would kill them, or the genie just flat out doesn't want to be free, then I'm not going to wish for it.
Though asking that the lamp will only be found by people who would treat the genie with kindness and respect is an option, too. If the genie can't be freed, at least make its life slightly more bearable.
That doesn't remotely sound like a wish, but I'd still accept that if it meant that I got just one wish made with good intentions and no monkey paw bullshit. Just one wish that goes as it should, and you're set.
I'm gonna use my last wish to create Shenron & the Dragon Balls so we can end the genie menace for good. Not in my lifetime of course since we'd lack the means of tracking the Dragon Balls, but the genie would be dealt with!
I'd like to contrast the responses in this thread to the responses in the "when should AI get basic human rights" thread.
I doubt there's anybody who posted in both but the tone seems different when we regard magical non-human genies versus engineered non-human robots.
I doubt there's anybody who posted in both but the tone seems different when we regard magical non-human genies versus engineered non-human robots.
If he asked me to then yes but if not no
1. Immortality
2. Mind Control Powers
3. I want to be able to have unlimited knowledge/memory (this is the one I'd change if the genie asked for it)
1. Immortality
2. Mind Control Powers
3. I want to be able to have unlimited knowledge/memory (this is the one I'd change if the genie asked for it)
If the Genie goes all Stalker's Wish Granter on your first, then you would need the 2nd one to fix it (assuming you survived, though). So, he already got you.
And think about it: The Genie was jailed there, for a reason. And, other than King Solomon, there is no recount of other owners. Which means that he really, really hid the contraption like his life depended on it. And/Or something nefarious happened to said previous owner(s).
MC Hammer was right all along. You need to leave that shit alone.
Depends on how the first two wishes went (and if the genie even wants to be free). If the genie went all monkey's paw on them, then it's probably an evil asshole who shouldn't be free. If the genie was nice and considerate with them, then yeah, I'd set the genie free.
Of course, in the nice genie scenario, my second wish would have been for phenomenal cosmic power of my own without drawbacks (my first wish would have been a test to see if the genie was an asshole, and if they were, I wouldn't trust them with that second wish).
Of course, in the nice genie scenario, my second wish would have been for phenomenal cosmic power of my own without drawbacks (my first wish would have been a test to see if the genie was an asshole, and if they were, I wouldn't trust them with that second wish).
two wishes should be enough to grant yourself enough power to do anything you could possibly ever want if you use them creatively enough.