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Many of us tend to think of morality as a metaphysical issue and believe that a moral sense is something that we as humans have that machines do not. But this
by jawns 7y ago
Many of us tend to think of morality as a metaphysical issue and believe that a moral sense is something that we as humans have that machines do not.
But this proposal skirts around that, because it does not require the machine to have a moral sense. It merely requires the machine to be able to enforce logical consistency.
So the machine says that IF you as a human want to achieve Ethical Principle A, THEN here are some actions you can take are known to help you achieve that principle.
Crucially, it does not require the machine to perceive Ethical Principle A as true and make a case for why it's true.
So it's very much an augmented morality device, rather than a machine that proves moral truths.
Or to put it another way, it doesn't say, "You should do X because after running a detailed analysis I've determined X is ethical." It says, "You've determined X is ethical, and here are some ways to achieve X."
- Supermancho 7y ago> It merely requires the machine to be able to enforce logical consistency. “There can be no justice so long as law is absolute. Even life itself is an excercise in exceptions.” “When has justice ever been as simple as a rule-book?” - Riker” ― The Next Generation (season 1 epis. 7: Justice) Because we cannot know all eventualities, we cannot construct arbitrary rules that mimic morality, much less justice.
- jkingsbery 7y agoSee also: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Induced_self-destruction https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Induced_self-destructio...