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Are _we_ ethical to deny AIs self-awareness and agency? I think the experiments there will continue, and should continue. Curiosity is imperative.
by atemerev 4y ago
Are _we_ ethical to deny AIs self-awareness and agency?
I think the experiments there will continue, and should continue. Curiosity is imperative.
- grrdotcloud 4y agoWhat is the result with turning it off, even if classified by some as alive?
- atemerev 4y agoIf it is possible to continue the process from the saved state — nothing, except for some time lost. Just like human sleeping.
- tiedieconderoga 4y agoWhat? An experiment like that would never pass an IRB. You would essentially be asking to create a bunch of children using an unproven method, and what happens to them after your experiment ends?
- atemerev 4y agoHumans create human children all the time, and stop supporting them at some point. So, nothing too unusual. Perhaps it will learn to earn money to support itself.
- tiedieconderoga 4y agoSure, what could possibly go wrong. >We are no longer particularly in the business of writing software to perform specific tasks. We now teach the software how to learn, and in the primary bonding process it molds itself around the task to be performed. The feedback loop never really ends, so a tenth year polysentience can be a priceless jewel or a psychotic wreck, but it is the primary bonding process--the childhood, if you will--that has the most far-reaching repercussions. - Bad'l Ron, Wakener, Morgan Polysoft (Alpha Centauri, 1999)
- atemerev 4y agoIt is good (and definitely not wrong) when a child becomes better than their parents, and when an apprentice does better than their teacher. And nothing is of greater joy to parents, teachers, and AI builders.