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At first I was happy to see this trending as I thought this was going to talk about what I believe. What I believe: The reasons humans are the way we are is be
by kasajian 4y ago
At first I was happy to see this trending as I thought this was going to talk about what I believe.
What I believe: The reasons humans are the way we are is because of how natural selection favors survival of those who are better at propagating their genes. All other behaviors tie back to that single need. That criteria are the reasons why we don't want to be "turned off" with a switch. A computer does not evolve in the same way; they don't have that same prime directive. The idea that a computer should be asked if it's ok to be turned off is applying aspects of human condition, sentiency, to an entity to which it does not apply.
One can argue that there's no way to prevent the possibility of humans eventually applying such an attribute to an entity that we've created only because that's all we know how to do. In other words, computers won't take over because one day they wake up and become sentient. It will happen because we have decided they should behave exactly as we expect a sentient being ought to behave . Thus, it becomes that way by definition.
This article was disappointing -- it went in an entirely different direction. That the math doesn't add up? Really? You can't figure out the math so it can never be done? Kinda hard to take seriously, tbh.
- jamiek88 4y agoWas this the wrong thread you posted in?