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A lot of this discussion reminds me of the book Blindsight. Something doesn't have to be conscious or intelligent to harm us. Simulating those things effective
by alach11 4y ago
A lot of this discussion reminds me of the book Blindsight.
Something doesn't have to be conscious or intelligent to harm us. Simulating those things effectively can be almost indistinguishable from a conscious being trying to harm us.
- JohnFen 4y agoI never asserted that they couldn't do harm. I asserted that they don't think, and therefore cannot intend to do harm. They have no intentions whatsoever.
- elbear 4y agoWhat does it matter if there was intention or not as long as harm was done?
- fragmede 4y agoIf a person causes harm, we care a lot. We make the distinction between manslaughter, first and second degree murder, as well as adding hate crimes penalties on top if the victim was chosen for a specific set of recognized reasons. ML models aren't AGI, so it's not clear how we'd apply it, but there's precedent for it mattering.