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You can't just declare that humans have a right to know if they are talking to another human or a machine. That's just restating what you already said. You have

You can't just declare that humans have a right to know if they are talking to another human or a machine. That's just restating what you already said. You have to justify why humans should have that right.

apk17 8y ago
It shifts the balance. Even if my hotline gets bombarded by mechanical turks the costs are the same on both sides. Now google duplex can go and phone up every businessowner asking for the current store hours (or whatever), thus dumping the work of updating google's information on the store owners at essentially no own cost. And the store owner does not even have a chance to find out whether it is a customer that will in some probability show up, or if he's just being used.
omarforgotpwd 8y ago
We don't really have any "rights" at all, a right is just a concept that refers to the expectations humans have of each other and what is and is not okay to do. For example you may have a right to life to but you could still be murdered. Conceptually your rights have always been more than just what the law currently says. The US Declaration of Independence famously declared that all men are simply born with certain inalienable rights. That's just one way of looking at things, but it's an idea that kind of caught on. Nobody declares our rights, we feel them in our guts. And the public feels this one in their gut without me having to explain it, which is why I call it a right: If something is generally accepted by the public, it is a de facto right. For example you could repeal the 1st amendment tomorrow but that wouldn't change anyones mind about whether freedom of speech is their right. But if you want me to stop being pedantic and actually defend my position, I would argue that people should have this right so that spammy AIs don't just ruin human interaction all together. Imagine a world where you never know if you're talking to a real person or some kind of AI trying to sell you something subtly... Not knowing explicitly whether you're talking to an AI or a real human could have a chilling effect on human-to-human relations.

apk17 8y ago

It shifts the balance. Even if my hotline gets bombarded by mechanical turks the costs are the same on both sides. Now google duplex can go and phone up every businessowner asking for the current store hours (or whatever), thus dumping the work of updating google's information on the store owners at essentially no own cost. And the store owner does not even have a chance to find out whether it is a customer that will in some probability show up, or if he's just being used.

omarforgotpwd 8y ago

We don't really have any "rights" at all, a right is just a concept that refers to the expectations humans have of each other and what is and is not okay to do. For example you may have a right to life to but you could still be murdered. Conceptually your rights have always been more than just what the law currently says. The US Declaration of Independence famously declared that all men are simply born with certain inalienable rights. That's just one way of looking at things, but it's an idea that kind of caught on. Nobody declares our rights, we feel them in our guts. And the public feels this one in their gut without me having to explain it, which is why I call it a right: If something is generally accepted by the public, it is a de facto right. For example you could repeal the 1st amendment tomorrow but that wouldn't change anyones mind about whether freedom of speech is their right. But if you want me to stop being pedantic and actually defend my position, I would argue that people should have this right so that spammy AIs don't just ruin human interaction all together. Imagine a world where you never know if you're talking to a real person or some kind of AI trying to sell you something subtly... Not knowing explicitly whether you're talking to an AI or a real human could have a chilling effect on human-to-human relations.