> Imputing AI's with human like goals, emotions, motivations, etc doesn't seem reasonable to me. Then again... to play Devil's Advocate against my own position

> Imputing AI's with human like goals, emotions, motivations, etc doesn't seem reasonable to me. Then again... to play Devil's Advocate against my own position here, I suppose somebody might consciously choose to purposely build an AI that has those attributes for some reason. But even then, I'm skeptical that they'd wind up replicating the parts of being human that could lead to "evil" behavior. Tabling the question of if the human-like goals/emotions/motivations have some "deeper" quality or not, I think there are actually many reasons why people are working towards and getting better and better at replicating them. On the benign side, because they're lonely, curious if they can do it, etc. On the evil side, because we're social conditioned as humans to treat things that present themselves as humans with respect. I've already gotten some spam calls that did some kind of semi-plausible automated response when I answered them, it's easy to imagine it getting worse. Personalized spam is also on this spectrum. As I understand it, the second case is basically the definition of sociopathy (i.e. abuse of social trust as a means to serve a selfish end). Again, tabling the idea of if the AI is evil or the creator is evil, the end result is evil behavior that is at least enabled by AI. [0] The further concern I have is that even the more benign side done with good intentions ultimately saps away human energy for real compassion and perverts actual relationships. A "person" with human-like emotions/goals who is owned and managed by a corporation, or who can be turned off when you're tired of them is not a person at all, regardless of the intentions they were created with. Even well intentioned inventors are ultimately creating hyper-real simulacra of humanity that feels genuine in the moment, but is framed by fundamental untruths about the human condition (ownership, mortality). There is a market for Siri and sex-dolls, I 100% think there is a market for this too. [0] ...to devil's advocate myself a little here, I guess I'd say that there are some greater goods that can served by minor abuses of social trust -- maybe even extending to personalized spam. But on the whole I think it's been awful for society.